Stelts v. Martin
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Watts, J., Abbeville, March, 1911. Action by W. E. Stelts against W. B. Martin- and Pearl M. Beckwith. Plaintiff appeals. cites: The limitation applicable to this case is twenty years: 18 S. C. 473; 19 S. C. 263; 26 S. C. 515; 27 S. C. 267; 30 S. C. 346; 42 S. C. 177; 54 S. C. 597; 6-2 S. C. 240; 64 S. C. 436; 7l S. C. 391. If the six year limitation applies, the admissions of defendants take the case out of the statute: Code of Proc. 123; 29 S. C. 254; 80 S. C. 157;…
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Before Watts, J., Abbeville, March, 1911. Action by W. E. Stelts against W. B. Martin- and Pearl M. Beckwith. Plaintiff appeals. cites: The limitation applicable to this case is twenty years: 18 S. C. 473; 19 S. C. 263; 26 S. C. 515; 27 S. C. 267; 30 S. C. 346; 42 S. C. 177; 54 S. C. 597; 6-2 S. C. 240; 64 S. C. 436; 7l S. C. 391. If the six year limitation applies, the admissions of defendants take the case out of the statute: Code of Proc. 123; 29 S. C. 254; 80 S. C. 157; 2 Bail. 278; 38 S. C. 300; 51 S. C. 134. Delivery for record is prima facie evidence of delivery: 81 S. C. 455.…
1Opinion of the Court
"The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The plaintiff, W. E. Stelts, commenced this action on June 15, 1910, against W. B. Martin and Pearl M. Beckwith, devisees under the will of Ina H. Stelts, and W. B. Martin as executor, to forclose a mortgage alleged to have been executed by Ina H. Stelts on September 1, 1889. On hearing the pleadings and the. testimony taken by the master the Circuit Court held that,as the mortgage had not been executed as required by law, it could have force only as an equitable mortgage, and that for that reason it became barred by the statute of…
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