Peeples v. Cummings
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Norton, J., Hampton, 1894. Action by W. H. Peeples and Mary Annie Mixson against C. C. Cummings, T. A. Tuten, and Annie Bliza Tuten and Mary Sue Tuten, infants over the age of fourteen years, and Mary Belle Tuten and Charles Tuten, infants under the age of fourteen years, for partition and possession of lands.
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Before Norton, J., Hampton, 1894. Action by W. H. Peeples and Mary Annie Mixson against C. C. Cummings, T. A. Tuten, and Annie Bliza Tuten and Mary Sue Tuten, infants over the age of fourteen years, and Mary Belle Tuten and Charles Tuten, infants under the age of fourteen years, for partition and possession of lands. The following is the decree of Judge Norton: This is an action brought by W. H. Peeples and Mary Annie Mixson, alleging that they are tenants in common with the defendants of a tract of land in Hampton County, and asking partition of the same according to the rights of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
The facts in this case are fully stated in the decree of his Honor, Judge Norton, which will be incorporated in the report of the case. Appellants’ first and second exceptions are as follows:
1. “Because his Honor erred in holding, according to the evidence, that Bliza J. Peeples did not for value convey the premises in dispute to W. J. Peeples, the grantor of the defendant.
2. “Because his Honor erred in holding, according to the evidence, that W. J. Peeples did not hold possession adversely to Bliza J. Peeples, and 'that the statutory…
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