Trenholm v. Morgan
Supreme Court of South Carolina
The opinion states the case. The Circuit decree was as follows : This case came before me at the term of the court held in July, 1887, on a report of the master, dated May 24, 1887, and exceptions thereto, and also on a motion on notice to refer to a jury for trial an issue of facts as to the title of the defendant, Emily St. P. Morgan, to certain property as a gift to her as a donatio causa mortis by the testatrix, Mrs. Trenholm. I will state my conclusions very briefly.
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The opinion states the case. The Circuit decree was as follows : This case came before me at the term of the court held in July, 1887, on a report of the master, dated May 24, 1887, and exceptions thereto, and also on a motion on notice to refer to a jury for trial an issue of facts as to the title of the defendant, Emily St. P. Morgan, to certain property as a gift to her as a donatio causa mortis by the testatrix, Mrs. Trenholm. I will state my conclusions very briefly. The Court of Chancery has jurisdiction, at least concurrent with the court of law, to adjudicate questions of title…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McGowan.
Mrs. Anna Helen Trenholm, then possessed of a handsome estate, on October 13, 1877, executed her last will and testament, by which she made generous provision for all her children and grandchildren; and after making several specific bequests, with special reference to equalizing their shares, she directed that the rest and residue of her estate “should be divided equally amongst the said Emma Josephine Walker, Celestine R. McCollough, Eliza T. McBeth, Kate Louise Trenholm, Alfred Glover Trenholm, Emily St. Pierre Morgan, and Francis…
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