Adams v. Adams

Tayror, Justice.

This action was brought in the Court of Common Pleas for Colleton County on June 5, 1945, seeking to recover possession of a house and eighty acres of land, damages for certain timber alleged to have been cut therefrom and compensation for the use of said premises. The answers set up the defense of title by deed, adverse possession, tax title and estoppel.

The matter came on to be heard before the Honorable J. Henry Johnson, who, at the conclusion of the evidence, granted plaintiffs’ counsel’s motion for a directed verdict, and thereafter without prejudice, the rental value…