Brown v. Pechman
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Barnwell, November, 1897. Action ,for possession of real estate. Elizabeth A. Brown v. Chas. F. Pechman. From order refusing permission to amend answer, the defendant appeals.
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Before Gary, J., Barnwell, November, 1897. Action ,for possession of real estate. Elizabeth A. Brown v. Chas. F. Pechman. From order refusing permission to amend answer, the defendant appeals. The latter cite: Before Con. of 1868, disabilities of married women were general: 16 S. C., 408; 26 S. C., 217. The Con. of 1868, art. I4, sec. cite: Adverse possession does not run against married women: 48 S. C., 28; 100 N. Y., 1. Proposed third defense not available to defendant: 2 McC. Eq., 112; 16 S. C., 402; 26 S. C., 213; 5 Allen, 460; 6 Id., 305; 2 Gray, 161; 15 S. C., 593; 20 S. C., 565; 26 S.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
The action in this case is to recover real estate, and this is the second appeal. The plaintiff inherited the land in question prior to 1860, and on June 5th, 1869, joined with her husband, James C. Brown, in a deed of conveyance to their son, Pinckney Brown, in the usual form of conveying a fee simple title, with covenant of warranty, and expressed to be “in consideration of valuable services to us rendered, and also the sum of |250 to us in hand paid.” On this deed was indorsed what pur*3ported to be a renunciation of inheritance by…
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