Pineband Club v. Robert
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. These two cases were consolidated and heard together by the court below. They were instituted by the defendants in error to recover of the plaintiffs in error certain lands lying in Hampton county, S. C. The title to two tracts of land is. involved in this controversy. The third tract was involved, but as to this tract a verdict was entered for the defendants below.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. These two cases were consolidated and heard together by the court below. They were instituted by the defendants in error to recover of the plaintiffs in error certain lands lying in Hampton county, S. C. The title to two tracts of land is. involved in this controversy. The third tract was involved, but as to this tract a verdict was entered for the defendants below. The plaintiffs below claim title under will of John H. Robert, Sr., who died on July 4, 1835, and who, the plaintiffs allege,…
1Opinion of the CourtPritchard, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The first question to be determined is as to whether the plaintiffs below offered any valid or legal proof of the will of John H. Robert, Sr. Title to real estate may be established in South Carolina by three methods — the first being a grant from the lords proprietors, the king, or the state, and a complete chain to the plaintiff; second, establishment of adverse possession in one of the plaintiff’s grantors for more than 10 or 20 years, as the case may be, -the title by 10 years being given *343by statute of limitations and that by 20 years presuming a grant;…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Weatherhead's Lessee v. BaskervilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
- Robert v. EllisSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1900
- Brown v. MooneySupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Howard v. QuattlebaumSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1896
3Cited by1 opinion
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. United States ex rel. Griscom-Spencer Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1910