Bailey v. Bailey
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wallace, J., Lancaster, March, 1893. Action by Robert E. Bailey and Nancy Bailey, by guardian, against James D. Bailey, for the recovery of an interest in land and damages. Verdict was for plaintiff for two-thirds of the land and $360 damages. From the judgment entered thereon, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Me. Justice McGowan.
It seems that in the year 1871, Jehu Bailey, the father of the plaintiffs, purchased the tract of land, described in the complaint as containing 252 acres, for the sum of $567, in two instalments, upon a credit. Titles were made to him by the sheriff, and he in turn executed a bond and mortgage of the premises to one James D. Caskey, Esq., then sheriff of Lancaster County, who had sold the property by order of the court- The mortgage debt remained unpaid until the mortgagor, Jehu Bailey, some time afterwards, died seized and…
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