Case Name: Isaac Motte et alt. v. Thomas Smith et alt.
Court: Court of Chancery of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1773-06-02
Citations: 1 Rec. Co. Ch. (S.C.) 613
Docket Number: 
Parties: Isaac Motte et alt. v. Thomas Smith et alt.
Judges: 
Reporter: Records of the court of Chancery of South Carolina, 1671-1779
Volume: 1
Pages: 613–613

Head Matter:
Isaac Motte et alt. v. Thomas Smith et alt.
The plaintiff, Isaac Motte (1738-1795), son of Jacob Motte, had married in 1763, Anne, daughter of Benjamin Smith (1718-1770), and his first wife Anne Loughton. Motte was colonel of the Second Regiment and in 1782 was a delegate to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. At the time of his death, he was naval officer of the port of Charleston. (SCHGM, IV, 249; XVI, 25; XXVII, 60; XXIII, 32.)

Opinion:
On Motion of Mr. Rutledge Solicitor for the Defendant Thomas Smith and by Consent of Mr. Pinckney Solicitor for the Complainant it is Ordered That a Commission do issue directed to Thomas Bee Esq. for taking the said Defendants Answer in this Cause June 2d 1773.
Wm Burrows Master