Merck v. Merck
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Pickens, September, 1910. Action by Daniel Merck et al. against Lawrence C. Merck et al. Defendant, W. P. Mann, appeals. cites: Hester is not disqualified under sec. 400 of Code: 7 S. E. 687; 40 S. C. 134; 26 S. C. 251; 11 S. C. 36; 20 S. C. 56-7; 31 S. E. 626; 90 N. C. 518; 23 S. E. 271; 41 S. C. 125; 33 S. C. 303; 38 S. C. 158; 41 S. C. 125. Deed may be proved otherwise than by the subscribing witnesses: 96 Ga. 1; 19 Ves. Jr. 494; 2 Wig.
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Before Gary, J., Pickens, September, 1910. Action by Daniel Merck et al. against Lawrence C. Merck et al. Defendant, W. P. Mann, appeals. cites: Hester is not disqualified under sec. 400 of Code: 7 S. E. 687; 40 S. C. 134; 26 S. C. 251; 11 S. C. 36; 20 S. C. 56-7; 31 S. E. 626; 90 N. C. 518; 23 S. E. 271; 41 S. C. 125; 33 S. C. 303; 38 S. C. 158; 41 S. C. 125. Deed may be proved otherwise than by the subscribing witnesses: 96 Ga. 1; 19 Ves. Jr. 494; 2 Wig. Ev., sec. 1302; 1 Mill. Con. 336; Rice Eq. 244; 8 Rich. 135; 50 S. C. 103; 11 S. C. 429; 74 S. C. 144; 14 Ency. 782; 2 Mills. Con. 336; 2…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The opinion in the former appeal, (Merck v. Merck, 83 S. C. 329), contains a detailed statement of'the issues in this action for partition. For the purposes of this appeal- it is sufficient to say that the title of the defendant, Mann, who- claims 'to be the exclusive owner of the land in dispute against the heirs of Blumer Merck, depends on the validity o-f an alleged deed from Blumer Merck to L. C. Merck, his son, through whom Mann claims. On the second trial before the jury on the legal issue of title, the Circuit Judge directed a…
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