Case Name: Edward Pylant against John Townsend
Court: Constitutional Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1818-05
Citations: 2 Mill 158
Docket Number: 
Parties: Edward Pylant against John Townsend.
Judges: ColcocJc, Mott, Cheves, and Johnson, J. concurred.
Reporter: South Carolina Law Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 158–158

Head Matter:
Edward Pylant against John Townsend.
Motion to set niegaia 'service" ‘iíing^ufoftte district, overrul-
t # motion to set aside the service of a writ in Kershaw District.
In this case the Sheriff returned the writ, as having been personally served on the defendant.
The motion to set aside the service was bottomed on affidavit, which went to show that the residence of the defendant was without the geographical limits of Kershaw District, and that the service was made in the District of Sumpter. This evidence was rebutted by other circumstances and an affidavit, tending to show that the service of the writ was good for Kershaw District. The defendant has appealed from that decision, and presents to this Court a copy of the affidavit in the Court below.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gantt.
From a view of the whole proceeding, this Court is of opinion, that the presiding Judge, in refusing to set the service of the writ aside, acted correctly, and the said decision is affirmed.
ColcocJc, Mott, Cheves, and Johnson, J. concurred.