Fairy v. Kennedy
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before J. E. McDonald, special Judge, Barnwell, September, 1903. Action by Julia B. Fairey et al. against W. H. Kennedy et al. From Circuit decree, defendants, W. H. Kennedy and A. M. Kennedy, appeal. cites: Parties should be left as Court found them: 43 S. C., 320; 25 S. C., 405; 9 Am. R., 531; 6 Rich.
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Before J. E. McDonald, special Judge, Barnwell, September, 1903. Action by Julia B. Fairey et al. against W. H. Kennedy et al. From Circuit decree, defendants, W. H. Kennedy and A. M. Kennedy, appeal. cites: Parties should be left as Court found them: 43 S. C., 320; 25 S. C., 405; 9 Am. R., 531; 6 Rich. Eq., 347. As to amendment after trial: Code of Proc., 194; 18 S. C., 305; 21 S. C., 221; 30 S. C., 564; 19 S. C., 567; 64 S. C., 493. cites: Acts of Kennedys, tend to defraud the owners: 1 DeS. Eq., 300; Rice Eq., 32; l'Rich. Eq., 91; 3 Rich. Eq., 429; 2 Rich. Eq., 296, 177; 13 S. C., 158;…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
A synopsis of the pleadings is necessary to a clear understanding of the issues involved in this cause.
The following are substantially the allegations of the complaint : Mrs. Elizabeth Wade 'executed a mortgage to the defendant, W. H. Kennedy, in 1886, and died intestate in 1896, leaving her husband and a number of .children as her heirs. The husband afterwards died, leaving the children as his heirs. Two daughters, Mrs. McCurley and Mrs. Nipson, died intestate after their mother, the first leaving as her heirs a husband and one minor…
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