Patterson v. Causey
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Bowman, J., Hampton, October,-1919. Action by Catherine E. Patterson against E. M. Causey et al. From directed verdict for defendants the plaintiff appeals. The third exception was as follows: “Because his Honor, the presiding Judge, erred in holding and deciding that Thos.
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Before Bowman, J., Hampton, October,-1919. Action by Catherine E. Patterson against E. M. Causey et al. From directed verdict for defendants the plaintiff appeals. The third exception was as follows: “Because his Honor, the presiding Judge, erred in holding and deciding that Thos. J. Ayer and John E. Fuller were the owners of the parcels described in their respective deeds, and that the testimony conclusively showed this to be a fact, it being respectfully submitted that they could only have such title as their grantors (Eavinia D. Zeal and E. M. Causey) had, and their grantors, never having…
1DissentJustice Cothran
(dissenting) : Appeal from an order directing a verdict in favor of the defendants upon the issue of title in a partition suit. The parties claimed from a common source of title, Thomas A. Causey. The plaintiffs and certain of the defendants claimed as heirs at law, and certain other defendants claimed indirectly under deeds executed by Thomas A. Causey and committed to his brother, R. T. Causey, to keep until his death and then to deliver them to the several grantees.
The depositary testified that his brother stated that the children who were not among the grantees of these deeds had been…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Swearingen v. Hartford Ins.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1898
- Allen v. CooleySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1898
- Avery v. WilsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1896
- Watson v. CoxSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1921
- Merck v. MerckSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1913
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