Brown v. Golightly
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Smith, J., Spartanburg, August, 1916. Suit by Geneva Brown against Julia Golightly. From a decree for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The decree in the trial Court was as follows: This action was commenced on the 22d day of May, 1911, to have the plaintiff adjudged the owner in fee of the land described in the complaint, for the specific enforcement of the contract which is alleged tó be the source- of -the plaintiff’s interest, and for the sale thereof in partition.
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Before Smith, J., Spartanburg, August, 1916. Suit by Geneva Brown against Julia Golightly. From a decree for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The decree in the trial Court was as follows: This action was commenced on the 22d day of May, 1911, to have the plaintiff adjudged the owner in fee of the land described in the complaint, for the specific enforcement of the contract which is alleged tó be the source- of -the plaintiff’s interest, and for the sale thereof in partition. It is alleged in the complaint, in substance, that the parents of the plaintiff, who was then a minor, entered into a…
1Opinion of the Court
March 19, 1917. The opinion of the Court was delivered by This is an appeal from a decree of his Honor, Judge Smith, made at the Summer term of the Court, 1916, for Spartanburg county. The decree fully sets out the facts of the case and the points and issue and will be reported. To this decree the defendant excepts, and by 16 exceptions alleges error and asks that the same be reversed.
We think the decree should be reversed, as there was not such an agreement or contract proven as would require the deceased to make a will giving the plaintiff a part of his real estate after his death or such…
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