De Hihns v. Free
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Aleen J. Green, Special' J., Fail-field, January, 1904. Action by George Li DeHihns against George W. Free, Joseph W. Free, Nancy D. Smith, Louisa C. McDonald, Nathan Free, Medora Spotts and Cornelia A. Jacobs. The Circuit decree is as follows, omitting formal order of sale: “This action came on to be heard before me at special November term, 1903, of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County.
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Before Aleen J. Green, Special' J., Fail-field, January, 1904. Action by George Li DeHihns against George W. Free, Joseph W. Free, Nancy D. Smith, Louisa C. McDonald, Nathan Free, Medora Spotts and Cornelia A. Jacobs. The Circuit decree is as follows, omitting formal order of sale: “This action came on to be heard before me at special November term, 1903, of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County. Issues out of the cause were docketed on calendar I. The case was reached late in the afternoon. Counsel for defendants then stated that the original order submitting the issues was not in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
The decree of the Circuit Court and the exceptions are reported herewith, and reference may be had thereto for the facts of this case and the specific points involved in this appeal. No exceptions are taken to the find ings of fact upon which the decree rests and this Court is satisfied that the conclusions reached are sound and just, and it is not deemed necessary to review all the reasons assigned.
1 The chief reliance of appellants in resisting the relief sought by respondent was their claim of a resulting* trust. A resulting trust…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Manning v. ScrevenSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1899
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