Case Name: Executors of Murrel v. Howard
Court: Constitutional Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1804-04
Citations: 1 Brev. 384
Docket Number: 
Parties: Executors of Murrel v. Howard.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Law Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 384–384

Head Matter:
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT,
COLUMBIA,
APRIL, 1804.
Executors of Murrel v. Howard.
An exeoutor plaintiff is not liable for costs on a verdict against hini, where he sues in right of h,s testator, even if he have assets of his testator in his hands unadministered; nor are such assets liable.
This was an appeal from the decision of Brevard, J., in Union district, in April, ISfOfL The question was, whether eiecutors plaintiffs, upon a verdict against them, are liable to pay costs. The decision was, that judgment and execution might go against the property of the testator, to levy the costs of the goods, &c. of the testator, if <&c., but not to levy the costs of the proper goods of the executor, unless he has made himself liable.

Opinion:
The court held the question under advisement until now, April, 1804. The resolution of the court was, that executors plaintiffs are not responsible for costs, in case of a verdict against them, where the suit is in right of the testator, even if they have assets of the testator in their hands unadministered ; and that such assets are not liable.