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Mr. A.R. McGowan, Mr. Irving Steinberg, and Mr. W. Turner Logan, Jr., all of Charleston, for appellant, cite: As to demurrer: 21 R.C.L., 504-510, Tit. "Pleading", Secs. 69-70; 192 S.C. 373; 6 S.E.2d 750 and 751; Code 1932, Sec. 477; 70 S.C. 572; 50 S.E. 499; 173 S.C. 320; 175 S.E. 534; 21 R.C.L. 519; 101 S.C. 429; 85 S.E. 1060; 141 S.C. 453; 140 S.E. 105; 44 S.C. 46; 21 S.E. 449 and 456; Code 1932, Sec. 478. As to interpretation of consideration of contract: The Sexual Life of Our Time, Bloch, translated by M. Eden Paul (N.Y., Allied Book Co., 1928), pp. 435, 436; 65 N.J. Eq. 636; 56 A. 728; 126 Or. 193; 268 P. 75; 83 W. Va. 274; 98 S.E. 212; 181 S.C. 360; 187 S.E. 524; 159 Md. 447; 150 A. 867; 224 Mich. 470; 194 N.W. 1015; 261 Mich. 288; 246 N.W. 123; 264 Mich. 547; 250 N.W. 305; 266 Mich. 172; 253 N.W. 257; 98 Neb. 380; 152 N.W. 792; 123 Neb. 88; 242 N.W. 267; 127 Misc. 387; 215 N Y Supp. 553; 149 Or. 426; 41 P.2d 247; 12 S.D. 511; 81 N.W. 885; 76 Am. St. Rep. 626; 65 Vt. 200; 25 A. 1092. As to constitutionality of Sec. 1438, Code 1932 under Fourteenth Amendment: Art. III, Sec. 33, Constitution of S.C. 1895; Code 1932, Sec. 1438; 14 Amendment, U.S. Constitution; Sec. 8556, Code 1932; Sec. 1440, Code 1932; 195 S.C. 1; 10 S.E.2d 23; 2 L.R.A. (N.S.), 532. Is contract illegal as being in general restraint of marriage? 97 Tenn. 662; 37 S.W. 551; 37 L.R.A. 731; 202 Iowa 207; 207 N.W. 571; 45 A.L.R. 1216; 4 Burr. 2225; 6 Eng. Rul. Cas. 347; 63 Ohio State 363; 59 N.E. 111; 52 L.R.A. 157; 146 Minn. 290; 178 N.W. 599; 145 Mass. 69; 13 N.W. 10; 77 App. Div. 458; 79 N.Y. Supp. 303. As to new promise: 159 S.C. 526; 157 S.E. 836; 2 Wils. 339; 95 Eng. Reprint, 845; 2 Mill Const. 279; 2 Bailey 56; 3 Strob. 530; 39 S.C. 323; 17 S.E. 782; 39 Am. St. Rep. 731; 78 S.C. 408; 59 S.E. 31. Mr. J.D.E. Meyer and Mr. George H. Momeier, both of Charleston, for respondent, cite: As to unlawful cohabitation: 159 S.E. 492; 161 S.C. 77; 79 A.L.R. 123; 135 S.E. 380; 137 S.C. 345. As to public policy: 123 S.E. 97; 128 S.C. 428; 122 S.E. 586; 128 S.C. 223; 35 A.L.R. 1482; 181 S.E. 897; 178 S.C. 9; 105 A.L.R. 102; 66 N.E. 103; 173 N.Y. 359; 62 A.L.R. 362; 99 P. 1109; 9 Cal.App. 622; 61 Mo. 110; 23 S.E. 812; 41 W. Va. (?); 80 S.W. 778; 118 Ky. 237; 66 L.R.A. 275; 4 Ann. Cas. 1102; 18 R.C.L. 410, Sec. 31; Art. III Sec. 33, Constitution 1895; Sec. 8751, Code 1932; Sec. 1448, Code 1932; 108 S.C. 271; 94 S.E. 19; 2 A.L. R. 438; 63 S.C. 244; 41 S.E. 312; 69 S.C. 406; 48 S.E. 297; 2 Kent, Com., 14 Ed., p. 379, n.; Art. II, Sec. 7, Constitution 1895; Secs. 8396, 8398, Code 1932; Sec. 8400, Code 1932; Sec. 8403, Code 1932; Sec. 1268, Code 1932; Sec. 1271, Code 1932; Sec. 1272, Code 1932. As to fornication and adultery: Secs. 1435, 1436, 1437, Code 1932; 1 McMull., 147; 159 S.C. 526, 157 S.E. 836; 12 Am. Jur. 675, Sec. 176; 45 F.2d 426. As to restraint of marriage: 125 U.S. 190; 8 S.Ct. 723; 186 S.C. 482, 196 S.E. 184; 38 N.J.L. 228, 20 Am. Rep. 388, 39 N.J.L. 133, 23 Am. Rep. 213; 244 Fed. 682 (6th C.C.A.); 17 C.J.S., Secs. 33, 615; 17 C.J.S., Secs. 211, 566; 6 R.C. L. 768, Sec. 174; 3 R.C.L. 958, Sec. 158; 169 Iowa 622; 151 N.W. 465; L.R.A. 1915-D, 1064; 84 N.J.L. 658; 87 A. 459; 49 L.R.A. (N.S.), 632. As to effect of illegal or void contracts: 235 U.S. 99; 35 S.Ct. 94; 213 Ky. 167; 280 S.W. 937; 45 A.L.R. 544-547; 12 Am.Jur. 643, Sec. 150; 6 R.C.L. 712, Sec. 120; 6 R.C.L. 701, Sec. 107; 6 R.C.L. 698, Sec. 104; 6 R.C.L. 707, Sec. 114; 9 Mod. 263; 88 Eng. Reprint, 439; 120 A.L.R. 477; 282 N.Y.S. 433; 425 App. Div. 357; 231 Mass. 498; 121 N.E. 411; 217 Mass. 579; 105 N.E. 222; 212 N.C. 75; 193 S.E. 9; 192 S.E. 758; 2 Brev. 275; 1 McC. Eq., 243; 12 S.C. 576; 32 Am. Rep. 516; "E.C. Hayes v. Walter A. Renken" Unreported, Before Lide, Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, Sept. 26, 1938; Storey, Eq. Jur., 14th Ed., p. 421. As to constitutionality of statute: 253 U.S. 233, 239, 240, 242; 40 S.Ct. 499, 501, 502; 64 L.Ed. 878; 291 U.S. 502, 537, 538; 54 S.Ct. 505, 516; 78 L.Ed. 940; 89 A.L.R. 1469; 308 U.S. 444, 60 S.Ct. 321; 12 N.E.2d 134; 114 A.L. R. 1117; 206 Ala. 192; 89 So. 512; 17 A.L.R. 789; 4 Wheat, 518; 185 S.C. 472; 194 S.E. 439. As to arbitrary classification: 71 S.C. 112; 50 S.E. 637, 36 L.R.A. (N.S.), 974; Sec. 1438, Code 1932; Constitution 1895, XIX Amendment. As to express and implied contracts: 87 S.C. 250; 69 S.E. 294; 94 S.C. 406; 78 S.E. 81; 133 S.C. 202; 130 S.E. 758; 181 S.C. 360; 187 S.E. 524.

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Mr. A.R. McGowan, Mr. Irving Steinberg, and Mr. W. Turner Logan, Jr., all of Charleston, for appellant, cite: As to demurrer: 21 R.C.L., 504-510, Tit. "Pleading", Secs. 69-70; 192 S.C. 373; 6 S.E.2d 750 and 751; Code 1932, Sec. 477; 70 S.C. 572; 50 S.E. 499; 173 S.C. 320; 175 S.E. 534; 21 R.C.L. 519; 101 S.C. 429; 85 S.E. 1060; 141 S.C. 453; 140 S.E. 105; 44 S.C. 46; 21 S.E. 449 and 456; Code 1932, Sec. 478. As to interpretation of consideration of contract: The Sexual Life of Our Time, Bloch, translated by M. Eden Paul (N.Y., Allied Book Co., 1928), pp. 435, 436; 65 N.J. Eq. 636; 56 A. 728; 126 Or. 193; 268 P. 75; 83 W. Va. 274; 98 S.E. 212; 181 S.C. 360; 187 S.E. 524; 159 Md. 447; 150 A. 867; 224 Mich. 470; 194 N.W. 1015; 261 Mich. 288; 246 N.W. 123; 264 Mich. 547; 250 N.W. 305; 266 Mich. 172; 253 N.W. 257; 98 Neb. 380; 152 N.W. 792; 123 Neb. 88; 242 N.W. 267; 127 Misc. 387; 215 N Y Supp. 553; 149 Or. 426; 41 P.2d 247; 12 S.D. 511; 81 N.W. 885; 76 Am. St. Rep. 626; 65 Vt. 200; 25 A. 1092. As to constitutionality of Sec. 1438, Code 1932 under Fourteenth Amendment: Art. III, Sec. 33, Constitution of S.C. 1895; Code 1932, Sec. 1438; 14 Amendment, U.S. Constitution; Sec. 8556, Code 1932; Sec. 1440, Code 1932; 195 S.C. 1; 10 S.E.2d 23; 2 L.R.A. (N.S.), 532. Is contract illegal as being in general restraint of marriage? 97 Tenn. 662; 37 S.W. 551; 37 L.R.A. 731; 202 Iowa 207; 207 N.W. 571; 45 A.L.R. 1216; 4 Burr. 2225; 6 Eng. Rul. Cas. 347; 63 Ohio State 363; 59 N.E. 111; 52 L.R.A. 157; 146 Minn. 290; 178 N.W. 599; 145 Mass. 69; 13 N.W. 10; 77 App. Div. 458; 79 N.Y. Supp. 303. As to new promise: 159 S.C. 526; 157 S.E. 836; 2 Wils. 339; 95 Eng. Reprint, 845; 2 Mill Const. 279; 2 Bailey 56; 3 Strob. 530; 39 S.C. 323; 17 S.E. 782; 39 Am. St. Rep. 731; 78 S.C. 408; 59 S.E. 31. Mr. J.D.E. Meyer and Mr. George H. Momeier, both of Charleston, for respondent, cite: As to unlawful cohabitation: 159 S.E. 492; 161 S.C. 77; 79 A.L.R. 123; 135 S.E. 380; 137 S.C. 345. As to public policy: 123 S.E. 97; 128 S.C. 428; 122 S.E. 586; 128 S.C. 223; 35 A.L.R. 1482; 181 S.E. 897; 178 S.C. 9; 105 A.L.R. 102; 66 N.E. 103; 173 N.Y. 359; 62 A.L.R. 362; 99 P. 1109; 9 Cal.App. 622; 61 Mo. 110; 23 S.E. 812; 41 W. Va. (?); 80 S.W. 778; 118 Ky. 237; 66 L.R.A. 275; 4 Ann. Cas. 1102; 18 R.C.L. 410, Sec. 31; Art. III Sec. 33, Constitution 1895; Sec. 8751, Code 1932; Sec. 1448, Code 1932; 108 S.C. 271; 94 S.E. 19; 2 A.L. R. 438; 63 S.C. 244; 41 S.E. 312; 69 S.C. 406; 48 S.E. 297; 2 Kent, Com., 14 Ed., p. 379, n.; Art. II, Sec. 7, Constitution 1895; Secs. 8396, 8398, Code 1932; Sec. 8400, Code 1932; Sec. 8403, Code 1932; Sec. 1268, Code 1932; Sec. 1271, Code 1932; Sec. 1272, Code 1932. As to fornication and adultery: Secs. 1435, 1436, 1437, Code 1932; 1 McMull., 147; 159 S.C. 526, 157 S.E. 836; 12 Am. Jur. 675, Sec. 176; 45 F.2d 426. As to restraint of marriage: 125 U.S. 190; 8 S.Ct. 723; 186 S.C. 482, 196 S.E. 184; 38 N.J.L. 228, 20 Am. Rep. 388, 39 N.J.L. 133, 23 Am. Rep. 213; 244 Fed. 682 (6th C.C.A.); 17 C.J.S., Secs. 33, 615; 17 C.J.S., Secs. 211, 566; 6 R.C. L. 768, Sec. 174; 3 R.C.L. 958, Sec. 158; 169 Iowa 622; 151 N.W. 465; L.R.A. 1915-D, 1064; 84 N.J.L. 658; 87 A. 459; 49 L.R.A. (N.S.), 632. As to effect of illegal or void contracts: 235 U.S. 99; 35 S.Ct. 94; 213 Ky. 167; 280 S.W. 937; 45 A.L.R. 544-547; 12 Am.Jur. 643, Sec. 150; 6 R.C.L. 712, Sec. 120; 6 R.C.L. 701, Sec. 107; 6 R.C.L. 698, Sec. 104; 6 R.C.L. 707, Sec. 114; 9 Mod. 263; 88 Eng. Reprint, 439; 120 A.L.R. 477; 282 N.Y.S. 433; 425 App. Div. 357; 231 Mass. 498; 121 N.E. 411; 217 Mass. 579; 105 N.E. 222; 212 N.C. 75; 193 S.E. 9; 192 S.E. 758; 2 Brev. 275; 1 McC. Eq., 243; 12 S.C. 576; 32 Am. Rep. 516; "E.C. Hayes v. Walter A. Renken" Unreported, Before Lide, Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, Sept. 26, 1938; Storey, Eq. Jur., 14th Ed., p. 421. As to constitutionality of statute: 253 U.S. 233, 239, 240, 242; 40 S.Ct. 499, 501, 502; 64 L.Ed. 878; 291 U.S. 502, 537, 538; 54 S.Ct. 505, 516; 78 L.Ed. 940; 89 A.L.R. 1469; 308 U.S. 444, 60 S.Ct. 321; 12 N.E.2d 134; 114 A.L. R. 1117; 206 Ala. 192; 89 So. 512; 17 A.L.R. 789; 4 Wheat, 518; 185 S.C. 472; 194 S.E. 439. As to arbitrary classification: 71 S.C. 112; 50 S.E. 637, 36 L.R.A. (N.S.), 974; Sec. 1438, Code 1932; Constitution 1895, XIX Amendment. As to express and implied contracts: 87 S.C. 250; 69 S.E. 294; 94 S.C. 406; 78 S.E. 81; 133 S.C. 202; 130 S.E. 758; 181 S.C. 360; 187 S.E. 524.

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GRANT v. BUTT.

December 1, 1941. The opinion of the Court was delivered by

MR. ASSOCIATE JUSTICE STUKES.

This Court is in full accord with the result of the judgment of the Circuit Court reached on several grounds in the order of Special Judge George Bell Timmerman sustaining the demurrer to the complaint. This order sufficiently states the pleadings and issues; it will be reported. Appellant's exceptions thereto have been carefully considered and are overruled and the judgment below affirmed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BONHAM, MESSRS. ASSOCIATE JUSTICES BAKER and FISHBURNE, and MR. ACTING ASSOCIATE JUSTICE G. DUNCAN BELLINGER concur.

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