State Ex Rel. Miller v. Sencindiver

Harshbarger, Justice:

Dorothy and George Taylor bought Berkeley County real property in 1968 as joint tenants with survivorship. In September, 1978, she killed him, was indicted for murder, but pled guilty to the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter, a misdemeanor.

Their son, Jonathan, sued to divest her title to the property. She unsuccessfully moved for summary judg ment and we issued a rule to show cause why prohibition 1 should not be awarded to prevent the trial.

Our Code has only one section that mentions impediments to acquisition of title to property by one who becomes the…