Patterson v. Crenshaw
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Hudson, J., Lancaster, October, 1888. Action by Wyatt H. Patterson and others, heirs at law of Wyatt H. Patterson, deceased, against the heirs of Geo. W. Crenshaw, for the recovery of real property, commenced in August, 1886. Plaintiffs sought to prove title by certain deeds to their ancestor. There was evidence giving the boundaries and acreage of two of the tracts of land which formed a part of the whole body of land sued for.
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Before Hudson, J., Lancaster, October, 1888. Action by Wyatt H. Patterson and others, heirs at law of Wyatt H. Patterson, deceased, against the heirs of Geo. W. Crenshaw, for the recovery of real property, commenced in August, 1886. Plaintiffs sought to prove title by certain deeds to their ancestor. There was evidence giving the boundaries and acreage of two of the tracts of land which formed a part of the whole body of land sued for. On motion for non-suit, the Circuit Judge held that plaintiffs had not proved title back to a grant, or possession under color of title, long enough to presume…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McGowan.
This action was brought by the plaintiffs, heirs at law of Wyatt Patterson, deceased, against the defendants, who held under Wiley Patterson, his brother, for a large tract of land in Lancaster County. The lands consist of four (4) separate adjoining tracts, known by the names of their former owners respectively, and in all aggregating 1,760 acres. One Wyatt Patterson had possession of all of them — acquired at different times and under various circumstances — but, for the most pai't, without taking paper titles for the same. The…
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