Legal Opinion

Ellis v. Johnson

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided February 7, 1928No. 12370PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabeer.

More than 30 years ago one Sally Johnson owned in fee a tract of land of about 180 acres (which since has become very valuable), near the Town of Hartsville. At her death (the date of which is not given), she left as her sole heirs at law her husband, W. G. Johnson, and her two daughters, each of whom took a one-third undivided interest in these lands. The defendant, Ellen Johnson, was one of the daughters. W. G. Johnson, in 1893, to secure a loan of $250.00 made him by one A. M. McNair, mortgaged his one-third interest. After the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. J.B. Colt Company v. BrittSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1924
  2. Baldwin v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1907
  3. Chambers v. BookmanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1903
  4. Miller v. CramerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1897
  5. Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railway Co. v. Victor Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1913

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Thom v. ThomSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1940
  2. Walker v. OswaldSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1936
  3. American Mut. Liability Ins. v. Plywoods-Plastics Corp.District Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1948

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