Varn v. Varn
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wallace, J., Barnwell, March, 1889. This was an action by Aaron Gr. Varn against Miles B. Varn and others, commenced in June, 1887. The case depended mainly upon the construction of the following deed: “Know all men by these presents, that I, W. M. Chitty, of State and district aforesaid, for natural love and affection which I bear to Robert A. Varn, Carson W. Varn, John W. Varn, Miles B. Varn, Curtis M. Varn, and Henry C. Varn, of State of South Carolina, Barnwell…
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Before Wallace, J., Barnwell, March, 1889. This was an action by Aaron Gr. Varn against Miles B. Varn and others, commenced in June, 1887. The case depended mainly upon the construction of the following deed: “Know all men by these presents, that I, W. M. Chitty, of State and district aforesaid, for natural love and affection which I bear to Robert A. Varn, Carson W. Varn, John W. Varn, Miles B. Varn, Curtis M. Varn, and Henry C. Varn, of State of South Carolina, Barnwell District, have given and granted and by these presents do 'give and grant unto the said * * * their executors,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Chiee Justice Simpson.
The “Case” herein is so meagre, and so many confused statements therein, growing out perhaps of the misuse of words in the printing, that we have found it very difficult both to get the facts and to obtain a clear idea of the legal errors intended to be alleged. The cause, however, as far as we have been able to understand it, seems to be of the following character:
One W. M. Ohitty, in November, 1850, executed a deed, in which, “for natural love and affection,” he conveyed a tract of land situated in Barnwell County,…
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