Case Name: Exparte A. W. Thompson
Court: South Carolina Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1831-01
Citations: 2 Bail. 116
Docket Number: 
Parties: Exparte A. W. Thompson.
Judges: O’Neall J. and Harper J. concurred.
Reporter: South Carolina Law Reports
Volume: 18
Pages: 116–116

Head Matter:
Exparte A. W. Thompson.
A party, dissatisfied with the decree of a Court of Ordinary, must tender his appeal within twenty days, and prosecute it with reasonable dispatch afterwards: Where, after filing a suggestion, the appellant neglected to docket it, or to take any other step in the cause for two years: Held, to be a discontinuance, and leave to docket refused, vide act of 1799, 2 Faust. 316. Kennedy v. Smith, 2 Bay, 214. 3 Bl. Com. 296. Bac. Abr. Pleas and Pleading. P.

Opinion:
Per Johnson J.
affirming the decision of Mr. Justice Gantt, at Union, Fall Term, 1330.
O'Neall J. and Harper J. concurred.