Jones v. Swearingen
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Hudson, J., Edgefield, November, 1893. This was an action by B. L. Jones and others against J. C. Swearingen and others, commenced January 27, 1893. The appeal was on the following grounds: 1st. Because the court erred in not allowing A. S. Swearingen to set up the claim of adverse possession of the tract of land, and in not allowing him, the said A. S. Swearingen, to go to the jury as to whether he held the said tract of land as executor, or in his own right by…
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Before Hudson, J., Edgefield, November, 1893. This was an action by B. L. Jones and others against J. C. Swearingen and others, commenced January 27, 1893. The appeal was on the following grounds: 1st. Because the court erred in not allowing A. S. Swearingen to set up the claim of adverse possession of the tract of land, and in not allowing him, the said A. S. Swearingen, to go to the jury as to whether he held the said tract of land as executor, or in his own right by adverse possession or otherwise. 2d. Because the court erred in not allowing A. S. Swearingen to set up the value of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Me. Justice Pope.
This action, commenced on the 27th day of January, 1893, came on to be heard before his honor, J. BT. Hudson, at the fall term, 1893, of the Court of Common Pleas for Edgefield County, and a decree therein was pronounced by *61the said Circuit Judge on the 27th day of November, 1893. The defendant, Arthur S. Swearingen, has appealed to this court, and it now remains for us to consider his several grounds of appeal.
Preliminary to their statement, a brief recital of the facts developed during the contention should be made. In 1854, Moses…
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