Miller v. Farmers' Bank
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before .Watts, J., Edgefield, September, 1896. Action by Fannie E. Miller against the Farmers’ Bank of Edgefield in the probate court for dower. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
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Before .Watts, J., Edgefield, September, 1896. Action by Fannie E. Miller against the Farmers’ Bank of Edgefield in the probate court for dower. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. The following is the decree of the Circuit Court: This is an action brought by Fannie R. Miller, plaintiff, against the Farmers’ Bank of Edgefield, S. C., defendant, in the probate court for Edgefield County, claiming dower in two tracts of land described in the complaint, of which the said defendant bank is now the owner. The case was heard, and the probate judge decreed that Fannie R. Miller, plaintiff,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
The facts of this case are fully set out in the decree of the Circuit Judge, which will be incorporated in the report of the case. The 1st, 2d, 3d, 6th, and' 7th exceptions all depend upon the question of fact, whether the petitioner’s renunciation of dower, on the mortgage assigned to D. E. Ranham, had ceased to be operative by his action. These exceptions are as follows: “1st. Because his Honor, the Circuit Judge, erred in holding that it was the legal duty of the plaintiff to give notice that her dower had been released from the D.…
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