Grooms ex rel. Estate of Berry v. Kennerly

This is an action to quiet title. William M. Grooms, as executor of the estate of H. Ray Berry, filed this action claiming ownership of the former home of Dantzler A. Kennerly, Sr. and Christine S. Kennerly, and a lot adjacent to that home. Grooms asserts that the record owner of the Kennerly home is Orangeburg Holding Corporation and that Berry was the sole shareholder in that company. Dantzler A. Kennerly, Jr. argues that he, not Berry, owns the home since Berry held title to the property solely in his fiduciary capacity as attorney for Kennerly, Jr.’s parents. The master in equity issued a…