Crosby v. Wiggins Land Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Prince, J., Colleton, Action by M. J. Crosby and others against Wiggins Land Company and others. Defendants appeal. Messrs.
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Before Prince, J., Colleton, Action by M. J. Crosby and others against Wiggins Land Company and others. Defendants appeal. Messrs. Padgett, Lemacks & Moorer cite: One signing a deed conveying an interest he knows he has in property, is bound by his act: 63 At. 998; 53 W. Va. 515; 61 Id. 477; 95 S. W. 451; 56 Minn. 534; 104 Mich. 180; 62 Pac. 1067. Grantor is bound to know what he is doing when he signs a deed: 78 S. C. 423; 77 S. C. 542; 20 S. C. 317; 9 S. C. 35; 6 John’s Ch. R. 168; 58 S. C. 395. cites: Where purchaser pays full value fee simple title should be made: 92 S. C. 305; 58 S. C.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Fraser.
Edward O’Quin, now dead, owned a plantation in Colleton county, known as “The Carn Farm.” In 1888 he conveyed it to1 Mrs. “Mary A. Padgett and her children.” On the record the following entry appears: “On 5 & 9 lines the words Heirs erased before signing.” The grantees treated the deed as a conveyance in fee and through several conveyances, the timber was conveyed tó The Thayer Lumber Company. Subsequent to1 that conveyance, the land was conveyed tó Mr. Geo. Fletcher. Mr. Fletcher, finding the land unprofitable, tried to* sell the…
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