Crown Orchard Co. v. Dennis
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina, at Charleston; Henry G. Connor, Judge. Suit in equity by the Crown Orchard Company, Incorporated, against William H. Dennis and others. Decree for defendants (220 Fed. 516), and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit Judge.
The material facts appear to be these: E. J. Dennis, Sr., and A. H. Dennis, his wife, were the owners as tenants in common of a tract of land in Berkeley county, S. C., containing about 660 acres. By a “deed and contract” executed May 5, 1903, they conveyed, with certain reservations, all the timber on this tract of a specified size to- Freeman S. Farr, trustee. September 24, 1904, Farr conveyed the timber rights thus acquired, together with the timber rights on a number of other tracts, to the Oneida Timber Company, a South Carolina corporation; and this company, on June…
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