Brown v. Brown
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Spain, J., Chesterfield, March, 1912. Action by J. IT. Brown and Nancy Brown against Jesse C. Brown and A. M. McNair. Plaintiffs appeal. 4 Rich. Eq. 140; 31 S. C. 566; 44 S. C. 226; 69 S. C. 373; 77 S. C. 65; 88 S. C. 292; 13 Am. R. 523; 24 Am. R. 740; 4 R. R. A. 119; 5 N. J. L. 824; 30 Ency. 240; 1 Pom. Eq. Jur., sec. 423; 166 U. S. 226; 195 U. S. 298; 167 U. S. 416.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice PIydrick.
This is an appeal from an order, refusing to enjoin the defendants from committing waste, on the ground that the wife of a grantor, is not entitled to the equitable aid of the Court, in the protection of a mere inchoate right of dower.
In substance the complaint alleges: That the plaintiffs were lawfully married; that during* coverture, the plaintiff, J. H. Brown, conveyed the land described in the complaint to Jesse C. Brown; that the plaintiff, Nancy A. Brown, has never relinquished her dower in said lands; that Jesse C. Brown has…
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