Hazelwood v. Mayes
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Shipp, J., Union, Spring term, 1917. Action by Lucy Frances Hazelwood against Calvin Mayes and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. Following are the exceptions for purpose of appeal: (1) Because his Honor erred in allowing the witnesses, T. H. Hazelwood and T. I. Hazelwood, to testify as to who H. H. Hazelwood was and when he died; the error being, it is respectfully submitted, that this is hearsay evidence.
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Before Shipp, J., Union, Spring term, 1917. Action by Lucy Frances Hazelwood against Calvin Mayes and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. Following are the exceptions for purpose of appeal: (1) Because his Honor erred in allowing the witnesses, T. H. Hazelwood and T. I. Hazelwood, to testify as to who H. H. Hazelwood was and when he died; the error being, it is respectfully submitted, that this is hearsay evidence. (2) Because his Honor erred in allowing the witness, T. G. Hazelwood, to testify as to what transactions he had as agent for his mother in regard to the dower in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the- Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
This is a suit for the purpose of recovering a tract of land alleged by the plaintiff to have been set off to her as a dower right in the land which -she alleges belonged to her husband in his lifetime. The case was tried before his Honor, Judge Shipp, and a jury, at the September term of Court, 1917, for Union county. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence a motion for a nonsuit was made by the defendants and overruled. His Honor practically directed a verdict in favor of plaintiff; the only question he submitted to the jury being…
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