Hagan v. Hanks
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Purdy, J., Abbeville, August, 1907. Action by John A. Hagan and John W. J. Simpson, as administrators of William Johnson Stevenson, and in their own right, against Bettie E. Killingsworth et al.
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Before Purdy, J., Abbeville, August, 1907. Action by John A. Hagan and John W. J. Simpson, as administrators of William Johnson Stevenson, and in their own right, against Bettie E. Killingsworth et al. From Circuit decree John A. Hagan, William A. Hagan, Robert G. Hagan, Mary G. Greene, Margaret Nickles and Ann Amelia Jackson 'appeal upon the following exceptions: I. “Because his Honor erred in allowing Rebecca J. Hanks to offer in evidence upon the trial of this case the laws of the State of Virginia relating to divorce in that State when the parties bad agreed that such case was to be tried…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Pope.
In 1862 William Johnson Stevenson, of Abbeville County, in this State, departed this life intestate; by his last will, after providing for the payment of his debts, he devised and bequeathed as follows :
“That is to say, first, I give to my mother, Rebecca Stevenson, the tract of land on which I now live, containing 484 acres, more or less, bounded by lands of J. E. Ellis. J. E. Simpson, B. E. Eatimier, and others; together with all my personal property, viz.: One negro boy, Alfus, about six years old; four horses; my interest in…
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