Sims v. Steadman
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Benet, J., Spartanburg, December, 1900. Action by Ed. Sims et al. against Jane Steadman et al. From judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
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Before Benet, J., Spartanburg, December, 1900. Action by Ed. Sims et al. against Jane Steadman et al. From judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. Mr. Nash cites : As to mortgagee in possession: Rev. Stat. 187.2, p. 536; 17 Stat., 19; 26 S. C., 408; 36 S. €., 569; 12 S. C., 25; 11 Rich., 705. As to impairment of a substantial right: 15 Wall., 610; 13 S. C., 364; 42 S. C., 88. Mr. Hydrick cites : Statute will not be given retroactive effect: 34 S. C., 491; 31 S. C., 7; End. on Int. of Stat., secs. 273, 275; Cooley on Con. Dim., p. 290; 17 Ency., 2 ed., 4; 13 Rich., 498; 14 Rich., 148. The…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
The appeal herein is from the following order of his Honor, Judge Benet: “This is an action at law to recover possession of a tract of land described in the complaint. The case was tried by me without a jury, by the written consent of the attorneys for all the parties, on an agreed statement of facts, and the records of certain deeds and mortgages therein referred to. The plaintiffs and the defendants claim title to the land in dispute from a common source, to wit: Charles Sims. On March 30th, 1878, Charles Sims, being seized and…
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