Revels v. Revels
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, JL, Chester, December, 1901. Action by Susannah Revels against Jefferson- D. Revels and J. R. Abell. The following is the report of the special referee, Mr. J. H. Marion: “This -is an action for the cancellation of certain deeds of conveyance executed by the plaintiff herein to the defendant, Jefferson D. Revels.
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Before Gary, JL, Chester, December, 1901. Action by Susannah Revels against Jefferson- D. Revels and J. R. Abell. The following is the report of the special referee, Mr. J. H. Marion: “This -is an action for the cancellation of certain deeds of conveyance executed by the plaintiff herein to the defendant, Jefferson D. Revels. The action seeks the setting aside of said deeds upon the general -grounds- of -plaintiff’s in-competency, undue influence and fraud, either actual or constructive, growing out of the circumstances connected-with the transaction's in question. “The plaintiff, Susannah…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
Ninety-six and a half acres of land is the contention between mother and son — or, rather, all the children except the son have influenced the mother to turn against her son. Surely the love of money is the root of all evil. The story is soon told. The plain story is short. Not long after the war, the plaintiff, who was the mother of seven children, was left a widow. Three of these children, two girls and a boy, were left to the care of their mother, the plaintiff. This 96 1-2 acres of land was assigned to the widow in the partition of…
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