Cobb v. Fant
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Kershaw, J., Anderson, November, 1891. This was an action by Martha M. Cobb against O. H. P. Fant, trustee, Anna Y. Scudday, and others.
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Before Kershaw, J., Anderson, November, 1891. This was an action by Martha M. Cobb against O. H. P. Fant, trustee, Anna Y. Scudday, and others. The case .turned upon the construction of the following deed: Know all men by these presents that I, Martha M. Dawson, of the town of Anderson, in the State aforesaid, in consideration of the natural love and affection which I have and bear to my two daughters, Anna Virginia and Mary Emma Dawson, and in the further consideration of the sum of three dollars to me in hand paid by 0. H. P. Fant, of said town, .the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McGowan.
On July 24, 1875, the plaintiff, then Martha M. Dawson, in consideration of love and affection for her daughters, Anna Virginia Dawson and Mary Emma Dawson, duly executed a deed to the defendant, O. H. P. Fant, of the County of Anderson, conveying to him five (5) shares of stock in the-State Savings and Insurance Bank of Anderson, and thirty-eight (38) shares of stock in the National Bank of Anderson, of the-par value of one hundred dollars ($100) per -share, upon the following uses and trusts : “In trust for my own use: that is to…
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