Slater v. Price
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wilson, J., Darlington, Spring term, 1912. Action by Wiley Slater and Amos Slater against W. W. Price and Irvin Price. Defendants appeal. Judge's Charge. “Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the Jury: Wiley Slater and Amos Slater, as plaintiff’s sue W. W. Price and Irving Price for damages.
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Before Wilson, J., Darlington, Spring term, 1912. Action by Wiley Slater and Amos Slater against W. W. Price and Irvin Price. Defendants appeal. Judge's Charge. “Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the Jury: Wiley Slater and Amos Slater, as plaintiff’s sue W. W. Price and Irving Price for damages. They claim in the first paragraph of the complaint that at the times stated in there that you have heard, you can have the complaint and see it, that the plaintiffs were the owners and in the peaceable possession of the place described in the complaint, and that is admitted by the answer. Then, they go on…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr.‘ Justice AVatts.
This was an action for damages by plaintiffs against the defendants. The complaint alleges that plaintiffs and defendants were owners of adjoining tracts of land, arid that plaintiffs were damaged to the extent alleged in the complaint, to wit, $2,000, by reason of the defendants obstructing and shutting up a ditch, which drained the surface water from the tract of land owned by the plaintiffs. Both of the tracts of land involved were originally owned by one Reynolds, and both the plaintiffs and defendants acquired their titles…
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