Case Name: William Alston and his Wife Complainants v. Robert King and his Wife Defendants
Court: Court of Chancery of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1722-08-17
Citations: 1 Rec. Co. Ch. (S.C.) 297
Docket Number: 
Parties: William Alston and his Wife Complainants v. Robert King and his Wife Defendants
Judges: Present His Excellency The Governour, The Honourable Ralph Izard, William Gibbon, James Kinloch, Benjamin De la Conseillere, Esquires of his Majesty’s Council for executing the Office of Chancellour; William Tunley, Esq., Master in Chancery.
Reporter: Records of the court of Chancery of South Carolina, 1671-1779
Volume: 1
Pages: 297–298

Head Matter:
Present His Excellency The Governour, The Honourable Ralph Izard, William Gibbon, James Kinloch, Benjamin De la Conseillere, Esquires of his Majesty’s Council for executing the Office of Chancellour; William Tunley, Esq., Master in Chancery.
William Alston and his Wife Complainants v. Robert King and his Wife Defendants
Richard Allein pro Def’te Robert Hume pro Quer:

Opinion:
On Motion of Mr. Hume of The Complainants Counsel, praying that The Agreement of the Partys their respective Sollicitors this day filed in this Court, may be made an Order of this Court, and reading the said Agreement contained in these words Vizt.
"Robert King and Hanah his Wife v. William Alston and Esther his Wife Cur: Cane:
"It is Agreed by Richard Allein Esq. Attorney of the Defendants and Robert Hume Attorney of the Plaintiffs, That The Plea filed in this Cause by the Defendants be withdrawn, with the usual Costs of Suit, and that the [25] Defendants do answer the Plaintiff's Bill of Complaint within Sixteen days after the date hereof, or in default thereof That an Attachment do issue against them for their Contempt, and that this Agreement be made an Order of the Court of Chancery. Witness our hands this 13th of August Anno Dom. 1722.
The said Agreement is Ordered accordingly.
Intr.
Tho. Lamboll Deputy Register