Taggart v. Taggart
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Shipp, J., Abbeville, September, 1910. Action by Bessie Taggart et al. against Reese Taggart. Defendant and plaintiff, Lonnie Sailes, appeal. cites: Hearsay evidence is competent to prove marriage, etc.: 2 Brev. 461; 3 Pet. 621; Wig., sec. 1481. Proof here establishes marriage: 33 S. C. 82; 10 S. C. 503; Wig., secs. 2083. Proof of legitimacy: Wig. 1492; 78 S. C. 211. cites: This appellant has performed his part of the contract and statute of frauds does not apply: 59…
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Before Shipp, J., Abbeville, September, 1910. Action by Bessie Taggart et al. against Reese Taggart. Defendant and plaintiff, Lonnie Sailes, appeal. cites: Hearsay evidence is competent to prove marriage, etc.: 2 Brev. 461; 3 Pet. 621; Wig., sec. 1481. Proof here establishes marriage: 33 S. C. 82; 10 S. C. 503; Wig., secs. 2083. Proof of legitimacy: Wig. 1492; 78 S. C. 211. cites: This appellant has performed his part of the contract and statute of frauds does not apply: 59 S. C. 395; 57 S. C. 575; 29 S. C. 78; 57 S. C. 559. Lonnie Sailes must show she was the issue of a moral marriage: 77 S.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Hydrick.
This action was brought to partition a tract of land, owned by Wash Taggart, deceased, among his heirs. The defendant, Reese Taggart, claims to be the sole owner of the land under an agreement, which he alleges his father made with him, whereby his father agreed to devise the land to him, subject to the support of his mother for life, if he would live with him and help him pay for it, which he alleges he did. The only other question is whether Lonnie Sailes is an heir of Wash Taggart. She is the daughter of Tom Taggart, deceased,…
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