Ayer v. Hughes
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Bamberg, June, 1910. Action by Carrie Ayer et al. against W. F. Hughes et al. From order overruling exceptions to report of commissioners, defendants appeal. cites: 75 S. C. 369; 10 Rich. Eq. 328. cites: 70 S. C. 549; 75 S. C. 373; 81 S. C. 62. Bank has no authority to guarantee the offer: 3 Ency. 800; 61 N. H. 589.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
In this action for partition the appellants, P. K. Plughes and Savilla Hughes, excepted to the report of the commissioners and sought to have sold the land assigned to the other parties in interest, alleging that the portions of land assigned to themselves had been greatly overvalued, and the portions assigned to the other parties greatly undervalued. In the complaint t’he plaintiffs demanded that the land be partitioned in kind, while the defendant P. K. Hughes in his answer demanded a sale of the land and a division of the proceeds.…
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