Anderson v. Butler
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Fraser, J., Aiken, October, 1888. This was an action by Mary Ann Anderson and her children against A. P. Butler, executor of Seth Butler and of Catherine M. Butler, for account, injunction, and relief. The opinion states the case, the will and codicils of Mrs. Butler, therein referred to, being as follows: Will. In the name of God, Amen.
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Before Fraser, J., Aiken, October, 1888. This was an action by Mary Ann Anderson and her children against A. P. Butler, executor of Seth Butler and of Catherine M. Butler, for account, injunction, and relief. The opinion states the case, the will and codicils of Mrs. Butler, therein referred to, being as follows: Will. In the name of God, Amen. I, Catherine M. Butler, wife of Seth Butler, residing in what was formerly the County of Edgefield, but now the County of Aiken, in said State, being in feeble health of body, but of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make, publish, and declare…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Simpson.
Seth Butler, late of Aiken County, died in 1876; he left a will with codicils, in which he disposed of his estate, consisting almost entirely of two tracts of land, one known as the Welborn tract, in certain proportions to his children, to wit, Anna K. Shaw, Lucinda Lanham, Mary Ann Anderson and her children (the plaintiffs), and to the defendant, A. Pickens Butler, who was appointed executor and also trustee of his sisters, Mrs. Lanham and Mrs. Anderson. The estate of the testator being somewhat involved in debt, the…
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