Reams v. Spann
Supreme Court of South Carolina
This was an action for partition. The complaint alleged that the defendants,'Henry and J. McRea. were in possession. These two defendants answered, denying the allegations of the complaint, and claiming to hold by adverse possession. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McGowan.
This was an action to recover real estate, and incidentally thereto to partition the same, brought by a number of persons “as the surviving heirs of Elizabeth Spann,” who died many years ago (in 1840), leaving a will, by which she devised to her six children a tract of land, coupled with this provision : “Should any of my children die leaving no child or children, the property herein given I wish divided among my surviving children.” In the year 1841 partition was made among *531the children, and parcels Nos. 2 and 3 were allotted…
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