Taylor v. Strauss
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Spain, J., Sumter, November, 1912. Action by Maud O. Taylor et dl. against Isaac Strauss and Taylor Goodman. Plaintiffs appeal on the following exceptions: First.
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Before Spain, J., Sumter, November, 1912. Action by Maud O. Taylor et dl. against Isaac Strauss and Taylor Goodman. Plaintiffs appeal on the following exceptions: First. “Because his Honor erred in holding that section of the Revised Statutes of 1893 passed in A. D. 18 , was of such effect as that a sale of the land in this State for taxes and a deed to the purchaser made under such sale carried with it not only all right, title and interest of a life tenant but also all the right, title and interest of any remaindermen having a right to the title and possession of the property in question…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Gary.
This is an action to recover possession of the tract of land, described in the complaint, and the appeal is from an order of nonsuit.
The plaintiffs, some of whom are infants under the age of twenty-one years, claim title to the land in dispute, under and by virtue of the last will and testament of William Keels, deceased, who devised it to J. L. Keels, their father, for and during the term of his natural life, and after his death to' be equally divided between his children.
The defendants denied the plaintiffs’ title, and set up…
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