Case Name: Thomas M'Daniel against John Scoggins
Court: Constitutional Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1818-05
Citations: 2 Mill 227
Docket Number: 
Parties: Thomas M‘Daniel against John Scoggins.
Judges: GrimM, Bay, Johnson, and Cheves, J. concurred.
Reporter: South Carolina Law Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 227–227

Head Matter:
Thomas M‘Daniel against John Scoggins.
In an action by PS íyff¡>Tad*pec¡5¡ set it forth in his process, or evidence of it cannot
This was a process brought by the . * ° « against the defendant, on the promise of the latter to pay the debt of another, to which the statute of frauds was pleaded. The presiding _ - •, . -¶ . n ,i Judge permitted evidence to be given oi another « r o promise, made by the defendant to pay this independently of that set forth in the body of the process, and gave a decree for the plaintiff

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gantt.
As the law requires that the plaintiff, in a proceeding of this kind, shall distinctly state the circumstances of his case, and as no mention was made therein of this second promise, I am clearly of opinion that no evidence of such promise ought to have been permitted to go to the Jury.
A new trial should be had in the case.
GrimM, Bay, Johnson, and Cheves, J. concurred.