Legal Opinion
Purvis v. McElveen
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided February 10, 1959No. 17501PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Legge, Justice.
The primary issue here presented is whether one who has conveyed in fee simple determinable may thereafter by deed convey the possibility of reverter to a person other than the grantee under the former deed.
In 1904 John F. McElveen and Wheeler M. Floyd conveyed to the trustees of “Central Common Free School For White Persons” a tract of one acre in Florence County. The habendum was in fee simple, with the following condition:
“Provided, always nevertheless notwithstanding, it is the true intent and meaning of the parties to these presents that in case it should so happen at any…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Rogers Ex Rel. Rogers v. Florence Printing Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1958
- Lemmon v. WilsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1944
- Vaughan v. LangfordSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
- Consolidated School District No. 102 v. WalterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- Blount v. WalkerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1889
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- County of Abbeville v. KnoxSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1976
- Batesburg-Leesville School District Number 3 v. TarrantCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1987
- Faulkenberry v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 2002
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