Case Name: Wm. M'Colough vs. David Cowan
Court: Constitutional Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1814-11
Citations: 2 Tread 516
Docket Number: 
Parties: Wm. M’Colough vs. David Cowan.
Judges: Justices GRiMKB, Colcocic, and Bay concurred.
Reporter: South Carolina Law Reports
Volume: 7
Pages: 516–517

Head Matter:
Columbia,
November Term, 1814.
Wm. M’Colough vs. David Cowan.
Ceeswell, for the Motion,
Yancey, Contra.
A demurrer admits all facts that are well pleaded.
The defendant pleaded that the plaintiff was aft 1 n alien, &e. and could not convey lands, &c.

Opinion:
Smith, J.
To this plea the plaintiff replied generally, that he had been naturalized, &c. and the defendant, without a rejoinder to,this replication, by which he might have brought the question before the court, whether defendant had been naturalized at the time he was to convey the lands, or not, chose to demur to the plaintiff's replication, and thereby admitted all the facts ; which being thus admitted, there was nothing left to prove. The plaintiff had done all that he was bound to do, and ought to have had judgment on the demurrer. I am, therefore, of opinion that the judgment on demurrer ought to be reversed, and that judgment be for the plaintiff.
Justices GRiMKB, Colcocic, and Bay concurred.
Brevard, Contra.