Waldrop v. Leaman
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wallace, J., Laurens, February, 1888. • This case is elaborately stated in the special master’s report, which was as follows: The master for Laurens County being related by blood to some of the parties to the above stated action, all the issues of law and fact herein were, by consent of all the counsel, referred to me by order of his honor, Judge I. D. Witherspoon, dated 30th September, 1885. The facts which constitute the basis of this action, and which are set forth…
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Before Wallace, J., Laurens, February, 1888. • This case is elaborately stated in the special master’s report, which was as follows: The master for Laurens County being related by blood to some of the parties to the above stated action, all the issues of law and fact herein were, by consent of all the counsel, referred to me by order of his honor, Judge I. D. Witherspoon, dated 30th September, 1885. The facts which constitute the basis of this action, and which are set forth in the complaint and admitted in the answers, except that of the infant defendant, John D. W. Watts, and which were…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice SimpsoN.
Some time in 1866 the defendant, Samuel Leaman, was appointed by the court trustee of a considerable fund bequeathed by one Robert Workman to John D. Williams in trust for his imbecile son, Robert Workman, jr., during his life, to be used for the maintenance and support of his said son as long as he lived, and at his death the remainder to be equally divided amongst the children of the said testator then living, or the child or children of such as be dead, “the child or children taking amongst themselves such part as their…
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