McGee v. Jones
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Izlar, J., Abbeville, This was an action by M. B. McGee against D. S. Jones and his wife and children to cancel a deed and recover the land.
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Before Izlar, J., Abbeville, This was an action by M. B. McGee against D. S. Jones and his wife and children to cancel a deed and recover the land. The Circuit decree, after stating the undisputed facts of the case, concludes as follows: After consideration of the testimony,! I am satisfied that the deed made by D. S. Jones of the land above mentioned and described in the complaint was without consideration and was made especially to defeat the Rasor claim, and with the understanding on the part of Henderson, his grantee, that there should be a reconveyance to Jones’s family. Jones still…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of thé court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McIver.
On the 1st day of January, 1878, the defendant, David S. Jones, being indebted at the time to one Ezekiel Rasor, conveyed by a deed in which the consideration stated was six hundred and fifty dollars, to his father-in-law, Mason C. Henderson, the tract of land which is the subject of this action. Jones retained the possession of this land, paying the taxes thereon up to the time when it was sold by the sheriff, as will be hereinafter stated, and still retains such possession. After the death of said Ezekiel Rásor, his executors…
2Cited by1 opinion
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