Southern Realty & Investment Co. v. Keenan
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gage, J., Columbia, December, 1912. Action by Southern Realty and Inyestment Company against R. C. Keenan. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion. cite: As to charge on rules of location: 2 Bay 516; 1 McC. R. 167; 1 Hill R. 12; Harper L. 454; 1 McC. R. 232; 3 McC. C. 223; 67 S. C. 33; 1 McC. C. 584. Adverse possession: Code Civil Proc. 102 to 105. Mixed possession: 1 Cyc. 1130, et seq. cite: As to rules of survey: 4 Ene.
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Before Gage, J., Columbia, December, 1912. Action by Southern Realty and Inyestment Company against R. C. Keenan. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion. cite: As to charge on rules of location: 2 Bay 516; 1 McC. R. 167; 1 Hill R. 12; Harper L. 454; 1 McC. R. 232; 3 McC. C. 223; 67 S. C. 33; 1 McC. C. 584. Adverse possession: Code Civil Proc. 102 to 105. Mixed possession: 1 Cyc. 1130, et seq. cite: As to rules of survey: 4 Ene. Baw 764 and 771; 2 Spear B. 68; 1 Strob. C. 143; 1 Rich. 491; 3 Strob. 130; 14 Ene. Baw 784, 789, 804; 1 Spear 193; 3…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Eraser.
This is an action for trespass, in which the plaintiff asks judgment against the defendant for one thousand dollars actual, and ten thousand dollars punitive damages, for knowingly and wilfully trespassing upon the property of the plaintiff.
It seems from the record that Joseph Newman owned a tract of land in Richland county and mortgaged it. The mortgage was foreclosed and the land was ordered to be sold in five lots. On the 2d June, 1873, lots 4 and 5 were sold to Mrs. Joanna Newman, through whom the plaintiff claims, on the same…
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