Case Name: Ralph Izard and Benjamin Smith Administrators of Walter Izard Deceased Defendants v. William Blake and Anne his Wife late Anne Izard, John Izard and Mary Izard, which said Anne, John and Mary are Children of Walter Izard deceased, all Minors by Daniel Blake their next Friend Complainants
Court: Court of Chancery of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1761-01-28
Citations: 1 Rec. Co. Ch. (S.C.) 505
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ralph Izard and Benjamin Smith Administrators of Walter Izard Deceased Defendants v. William Blake and Anne his Wife late Anne Izard, John Izard and Mary Izard, which said Anne, John and Mary are Children of Walter Izard deceased, all Minors by Daniel Blake their next Friend Complainants
Judges: Present, His Honour, The Lieutenant Governor; The Honorable Othniel Beale, John Guerard, Egerton Leigh, Esquires.
Reporter: Records of the court of Chancery of South Carolina, 1671-1779
Volume: 1
Pages: 505–506

Head Matter:
Present, His Honour, The Lieutenant Governor; The Honorable Othniel Beale, John Guerard, Egerton Leigh, Esquires.
Ralph Izard and Benjamin Smith Administrators of Walter Izard Deceased Defendants v. William Blake and Anne his Wife late Anne Izard, John Izard and Mary Izard, which said Anne, John and Mary are Children of Walter Izard deceased, all Minors by Daniel Blake their next Friend Complainants
That only three members were present shows the difficulty of obtaining a quorum. John Cleland had died in May, James Michie in July, and Thomas Drayton in November, 1760; George Saxby and Edmond Atkin had resigned; Bull, in becoming lieutenant governor, had caused another vacancy; and the arbitrary removal of William Wragg from the Council by Lyttelton had made South Carolinians reluctant to accept appointment.

Opinion:
Upon reading the Petition of Ralph Izard and Benjamin Smith Esquires the Defendants in this Cause and Considering the Merits thereof and also the Decree in this Cause, Ordered that the Defendants have leave to place all such Monies as have already or hereafter shall come to their hands as part of the Estate to which the said Walter Izard deceased was in his Life time intitled under the Will of Paul Jenys Esq. deceased at Interest upon such Security as shall be approved by the Master until the further Order of this Court respecting the same.
Alexr Stewart Register in Chancery