Glover v. Remley
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Watts, J., Colleton, November, 1900. Action for damages for right of way by Eleanor R. Glover against Annie W. Remley et al., and the Charleston and Savannah Railway Co. From order sustaining demurrer, plaintiff and defendants except railway company appeal. cite: Life tenant gave right of way, and could only give title he had: 16 S. C., 365; 15 S. C., 10, 479. Right of plaintiff to compensation is assured her: 5 and 14 amend.
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Before Watts, J., Colleton, November, 1900. Action for damages for right of way by Eleanor R. Glover against Annie W. Remley et al., and the Charleston and Savannah Railway Co. From order sustaining demurrer, plaintiff and defendants except railway company appeal. cite: Life tenant gave right of way, and could only give title he had: 16 S. C., 365; 15 S. C., 10, 479. Right of plaintiff to compensation is assured her: 5 and 14 amend. U. S. Con., art. I., sec. 17; art. IX., sec. 20, Con. of S. C.; Rev. Stats., 1743-1755, 1545; 57 S. C., 317. Plaintiff cannot take initiative under statute, and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
This is an- appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint for failure to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The complaint is as follows:
“i. That the Charleston and Savannah Railroad Company is a corporation under the laws of the State of South Carolina.
“2. That by his will, the late Joseph Glover devised the lands hereinafter described to his son, Francis Y. Glover, for life, and after his death to his, the said Francis Y. Glover’s, children, who attained twenty-one years, the issue of a predeceased…
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