Dickson v. Eppes
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Bowman, J., Manning, February, 1915. Action by Joseph S. Dickson and another against D. Mitchell Epps and another, for injunction against repeated and continuous trespasses on lands in possession of plaintiff.
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Before Bowman, J., Manning, February, 1915. Action by Joseph S. Dickson and another against D. Mitchell Epps and another, for injunction against repeated and continuous trespasses on lands in possession of plaintiff. Erom judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. cites : As to self-serving declarations: 48 S. C. 484, 486; 36 S. C. 598 Relevancy of mortgage: 53 S. C. 31. Adverse possession: 14 S. C.552; 22 S. C. 167. Charge in reference to adverse possession was charge on facts; issue for jtiry: 81 S. C. 54; 83 S. C. 56 and 68; 52 S. C. 472; 58 S. C. 222; 61 S. C. 556; 76 S. C. 49; 78 S. C.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice. Gage.
The trial put in issue some 40 acres of swamp land on Black River in Clarendon county! The plaintiffs allege that they were in possession of the same; that the defendants were asserting a claim thereto; that such claim was a cloud on plaintiffs’ title; and prayed an injunction against the defendants’ trespasses. The defendants alleged that they were seized in fee of the land, and they denied the plaintiffs’ ownership; that the plaintiffs had not been seized and possessed for 10 years next before action, but that defendants had…
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