Case Name: FIRST CAROLINAS JOINT STOCK LAND BANK OF COLUMBIA v. STUCKEY ET AL.
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1933-06-07
Citations: 170 S.C. 86
Docket Number: 13647
Parties: FIRST CAROLINAS JOINT STOCK LAND BANK OF COLUMBIA v. STUCKEY ET AL.
Judges: Messrs. Justices StabeEr and Bonham concur.
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 170
Pages: 86–93

Head Matter:
13647
FIRST CAROLINAS JOINT STOCK LAND BANK OF COLUMBIA v. STUCKEY ET AL.
(169 S. E., 843)
Messrs. Robinson & Robinson, for appellants,
Messrs. Melton & Belser, for respondent,
June 7, 1933.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. ChiEE Justice Brease.
The order of his Honor, Circuit Judge Stoll, in this cause, appealed from by some of the defendants, which will be re-' ported, is entirely satisfactory to this Court.
Counsel for the appellants criticize the holdings in McRachern v. Wilson, 154 S. C., 201, 151 S. E., 472, and Brewton v. Shirley, 93 S. C., 365, 76 S. E., 988, relied upon to sustain the conclusion of the lower Court. Upon careful consideration of those cases, we are satisfied with the conclusions there announced.
If we should agree with the construction placed by appellants upon the provisions of Section 493 of the Code, as to "Amendments of Course," that the appellants had the legal right, as a matter of course, without the permission of the Court, to put in a second amended answer, the result would be to practically prevent a case in the Court of Common Pleas from ever being tried, when a defendant desired to accomplish that purpose. If a party has the right, under the terms of that section, to file more than one amended pleading, as a matter of course, he has the right to file any number of such amended pleadings. He might continue to file and file amended pleadings, and the case would never be ready for trial. We cannot conceive that the legislative authority ever intended such consequences.
The order appealed from is affirmed.
Messrs. Justices StabeEr and Bonham concur.
Mr. Justice Carter disqualified.