Chavis v. Chavis
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Klugi-i, J., Orangeburg, 1899. Action by William Chavis against Wm. J. Chavis, Luther M. Chavis, Maria E. Gardner and Joshua O. Ulmer.
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Before Klugi-i, J., Orangeburg, 1899. Action by William Chavis against Wm. J. Chavis, Luther M. Chavis, Maria E. Gardner and Joshua O. Ulmer. The following is so much of the Circuit decree as pertains to' the construction of the deed: It appears that Rachel Patterson, the mother of Sarah Chavis, conveyed to her said daughter the lands which are the subject of this litigation by a deed dated August 2, 1864. This deed was recorded on July 10, 1869, by the register of mesne conveyance for Orangeburg County. The decision of this controversy depends upon the construction of the said deed. (-See…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIver.
This controversy turns entirely upon the question as to what is the proper construction of a deed from Rachael Patterson to her daughter, Sarah Chavis, then the wife of the plaintiff, and the mother of the defendants, Wm. J. Chavis and Luther M. Chavis. The plaintiff contends that under that deed the grantee, Sarah Chavis, took an estate in fee simple, and that upon her death intestate, he, as one of her heirs at law, became entitled to one-third of the land conveyed by the said deed; and that the object of this action is to…
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