State v. Evans
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wallace, J., Chesterfield, November, 1889. This action was commenced on May 28,1886, for the recovery of a large body of land alleged to be in the possession of W. A. Evans and several other defendants.
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Before Wallace, J., Chesterfield, November, 1889. This action was commenced on May 28,1886, for the recovery of a large body of land alleged to be in the possession of W. A. Evans and several other defendants. The plaintiff claimed under the following deed : This indenture, made the second day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, between Daniel Wadsworth and his wife, Sarah Wadsworth, of the County of Chesterfield, in the State of South Carolina, of the one part, and Charles P. Leslie, land commissioner, and his successor or successors in office, of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Me. Justice McIveR.
In this case the attorney general, on behalf of the State, filed an information stating that there w’as a large body of land in the County of Chesterfield belonging to the State, which the defendants have intruded upon, and are still intruding upon, to the great damage of the State ; wherefore judgment is demanded for an injunction to restrain defendants from further intrusion and for damages. The defendants answered, denying title in the State, and setting up title in them*186selves. To maintain the issue on the part of the plaintiff a…
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