Folk v. Brooks
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before MemmingER, J., Sumter, July, 1910. Action1 by Richard C. Folk against James Brooks, Jane Brooks et al. Defendant Benjamin Jasper appeals., -cites: What facts entitle purchaser of land to prove contract by parol: 22 S-. C. 32; 27 S-. C. 621; 21 S. C. 455, 480; 28 S. C. 58; 39 S. C. 356; 48 S. C. 496; 63 S. C. 551; 40 S. C. 147. Possession is sufficient notice: 22 S. C. 32; 23 S. C. 490'; 24 S. C. 285; 28 S- C. 58.
1Opinion of the Court
-The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
In this nation for partition the main question' is- whether on the trial1 the defendant, Benjamin Jasper, -established an equitable title to the land described in -the complaint, or an equitable lien thereon which should prevail over the plaintiff’s legal title to a three-fourths interest.
In 1897 the tract of land in dispute containing about twenty-five acres was conveyed by W. Eugene Renoir to Eunice Brooks, Willoughby Sanders, Jane Brown, and Advil Hicks. ¡Mr. H. Frank Wilson rendered to the grantees professional services in…
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