Webster v. Brown
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Befoee ORR, J., at Spartanburg, SpriNg Term, 1870. Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment for the. defendant. The facts of the case relating to the question decided by this Court are stated in the judgment of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Moses, C. J.
The action is trespass to try title. The plaintiff can only recover by the force of his title, and if this is defective in any material link of his whole chain, lie must fail.
Wo shall, therefore, only consider the effect of the deed of January 13, 1868, executed by J. II. Blassingame, Sheriff of Spartan-burg District; for, if this is inadequate to convey the right in the land to the plaintiff, he cannot recover in this action, no matter how insufficient may be the title of the defendants.
It appears that the fee in the land in controversy…
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