Lancaster v. Lee
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Aldrich, J., April, 190é, and DantzlEr, J.. July, 19 0L Action by Annie Lee Lancaster and Minnie Lee Faust against Richard F. Lee, Sr., Brice Lee and Richard F. Lee, Jr. From judgment on verdict on issue of title and from Circuit orders refusing to hear equitable issues, plaintiffs appeal. cite: When secondary evidence of contracts of a lost deed is admissible: 1 Bay, 255; 11 S. C., 429; 35 L. R. A., 321; 37 S. C., 102; 43 S. C., 199; 49 S. C., 242 ; 33 S. C., 281;…
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Before Aldrich, J., April, 190é, and DantzlEr, J.. July, 19 0L Action by Annie Lee Lancaster and Minnie Lee Faust against Richard F. Lee, Sr., Brice Lee and Richard F. Lee, Jr. From judgment on verdict on issue of title and from Circuit orders refusing to hear equitable issues, plaintiffs appeal. cite: When secondary evidence of contracts of a lost deed is admissible: 1 Bay, 255; 11 S. C., 429; 35 L. R. A., 321; 37 S. C., 102; 43 S. C., 199; 49 S. C., 242 ; 33 S. C., 281; Jones on Ev., secs. 229, 230; Code, 1902, 2896; 7 Rich., 509; Code, 1902, 948; 81 N. Y., 474; 38 S. C., 199; Jones on Ev.,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
The plaintiffs, claiming an estate in remainder, under the will of their grand-father, Linton Lee, who died September, 1865, brought this action against their father, Richard E. Lee, Sr., the alleged life tenant, under the will, and their brothers, Richard E. Lee, Jr., and Bruce Lee, for injunction to restrain waste in cutting timber from the land described. The defendants, by their answer, denied that plaintiffs had any estate in the premises and set up fee simple title in Richard P. Lee, Sr., under a deed by said Linton Lee, to him,…
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