Case Name: Robert Owen v. William Foreman
Court: South Carolina Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1830-12
Citations: 1 Bail. Eq. 165
Docket Number: 
Parties: Robert Owen v. William Foreman.
Judges: O’Neall, J., and Harper, J., concurred.
Reporter: South Carolina Equity Reports
Volume: 8
Pages: 165–165

Head Matter:
Robert Owen v. William Foreman.
A party is not bound, on notice, to attend the examination of a witness in the country ; and it is a good exception to the commissioner’s report, that it was founded on evidence so taken : but the case o: ght to have been referred back to the commissioner for further evidence.
The commissioner’s office is the proper place to take evidence on a reference. If a witness is aged, or infirm, and cannot attend, the examination must be, by commission, on interrogatories.
Baker v. Baker, and Red.

Opinion:
Per Johnson, J.,
on appeal from the decree of De Saussure, Chancellor, at Chester, June, 1829.
O'Neall, J., and Harper, J., concurred.
Decree opened.