Bardin v. Commercial Insurance & Trust
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Dantzeer, J., Florence, March term, 1908. Action by M. W. Bardin et al. against Commercial Insurance and Trust Company. From judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. cite: Proof of adverse possession: Dud., 177; 14 S. C., 594; 22 S. C., 361; 62 S. C., 195; 45 S. C., 312; 64 S. C., 488. Proof of title: 53 S. C., 216.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
This action was to recover a tract of land in Florence county containing two hundred and thirty-one acres. The answer, besides a general denial, plead the Statute of Limitations, adverse possession and presumption of a grant. At the close of plaintiff’s testimony, defendant moved for a nonsuit on the grounds that there was no evidence of a grant or presumption of a grant from the State, and no testimony tending to show that plaintiff and defendant claimed from a common source. This motion being overruled defendant submitted no testi…
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