Case Name: PICKENS COUNTY v. LOVE ET AL.
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1933-12-21
Citations: 171 S.C. 235
Docket Number: 13721
Parties: PICKENS COUNTY v. LOVE ET AL.
Judges: Messrs. Justices Stabler, Carter and Bonham and Mr. Acting Associate Justice W. C. Cothran concur.
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 171
Pages: 235–250

Head Matter:
13721
PICKENS COUNTY v. LOVE ET AL.
(171 S. E., 799)
Messrs. A. P. DuBose and C. G. Wyche, for appellant,
Messrs. J. D. Wyatt and Blythe & Bonham, for respondent,
December 21, 1933.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. ChiEE Justice Brease.
The decree of his Honor, Circuit Judge Johnson, appealed from by certain of the defendants, is satisfactory to this Court. That decree and the report of the special refere.e will be reported.
In addition to the reasoning for the conclusion reached by the Circuit Judge, we are of the opinion that his holding may be sustained upon one further ground not adverted to in the decree. Undoubtedly, it was the intention of the county treasurer and the sureties on the bond of the bank, sued on in this action, that the bond should be given according to, and in conformity with, the requirements of the special statute as to Pickens County, requiring the taking of a bond by the county treasurer for bank deposits. The intention and purpose of the parties being to comply with the statute, technical defects and errors in the writing of the bond do not invalidate the instrument. When a bond is given in compliance with the provisions of a statute, the Court will hold liberally the wording and terms of the bond to carry out the statutory purpose. See Plumley v. Stewart et al., 165 S. C, 316, 163 S. E., 777.
The judgment of this Court is that the decree of the lower Court be affirmed.
Messrs. Justices Stabler, Carter and Bonham and Mr. Acting Associate Justice W. C. Cothran concur.