Legal Opinion

Annely v. DeSaussure

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided April 20, 1887PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Before Wallace, J., Charleston, April, 1885. The opinion sufficiently states the case. For a full history see the former appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice McGowan.

This case has been twice before in this court, and in order to make the precise points in issue as clear as possible, we will make a very brief reference to its history. It seems that one John W. Lewis, sr., and others, as tenants in common, owned the property in the city of Charleston, known as the “Commercial Wharves,” and being largely indebted to Amelia and Anna Maria Annely, on January 5, 1859, executed to them a mortgage of “all the undivided one fourth part of all the pieces and parcels of ground and land covered by water,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Carpenter v. Providence Washington InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
  2. Harvey v. . CherryNew York Court of Appeals · 1879

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Russell v. WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
  2. Miles v. MilesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
  3. Cayce Land Company v. GuignardSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
  4. Nahaolelua v. KaaahuHawaii Supreme Court · 1897
  5. Gibbes MacHinery Co. v. Niagara Fire Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1922

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