Case Name: ELLIOTT ET AL. v. GREER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1936-07-09
Citations: 181 S.C. 84
Docket Number: 14330
Parties: ELLIOTT ET AL. v. GREER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Judges: Before Pi/ylER, J., County Court, Greenville,
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 181
Pages: 84–101

Head Matter:
14330
ELLIOTT ET AL. v. GREER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
(186 S. E., 651)
Before Pi/ylER, J., County Court, Greenville,
December, 1935.
Messrs. L. B. Wood and L. D. Bcmford, for appellant,
Messrs. Blythe ■& Bonham, for respondents,
July 9, 1936.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. ChiEE Justice Stabler.
This is an action on a promissory note, executed by the Greer Presbyterian Church, an unincorporated association, in favor of the Peoples State Bank of South Carolina, of which the plaintiffs are the duly qualified Receivers. The defendant set up two defenses. After admitting certain allegations of the complaint, it alleged that the remaining allegations were neither denied nor affirmed. It also claimed the right to offset the deposits of certain individuals of its menu bership as against the cause of action alleged, asserting the assent of the individual members to such course. The County Judge sustained plaintiffs' demurrer to the answer and granted a motion to strike the first defense as sham and frivolous. The correctness of his rulings in regard to the plea of set-off is challenged by this appeal.
We have given to the questions raised by the exceptions painstaking consideration, and are of opinion that the conclusions reached by Judge Plyler, under applicable principles of law, are correct.
The order appealed from, therefore, which will be reported, is affirmed.
Messrs. Justices Bonham and FishburnE concur.
Mr. Justice Baker dissents.
Mr. Justice Carter did not participate in this decision.