Manson v. Dempsey
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gage, J., Richland, November term, 190-8. Action by C. H. Manson et al. against Lydia A. Dempsey. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cites: Where a special verdict is indefinite or vague it should be set aside and a new trial granted: 6 Rich. L. 56; 68 S'. C. 66; 45 S. E. 562; 47 S. C. 488; 10 S. C. 493. This is an action for the recovery of specific real property: 12 Rich.
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Before Gage, J., Richland, November term, 190-8. Action by C. H. Manson et al. against Lydia A. Dempsey. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cites: Where a special verdict is indefinite or vague it should be set aside and a new trial granted: 6 Rich. L. 56; 68 S'. C. 66; 45 S. E. 562; 47 S. C. 488; 10 S. C. 493. This is an action for the recovery of specific real property: 12 Rich. L. 200; 13 Id. 172; 42 S. C. 138. This is cm action for damages for trespass and to try titles: 70 S. C. 373;- 71 S. C. 327. In such an action plaintiff may recover actual damages for a trespass not…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Hydrick.
This was an action for damages for trespass. The plaintiffs and the defendant, Mrs. Lydia A. Dempsey, own adjoining lots, fronting on Main street, in the city of Columbia. The dividing line runs approximately east and west. The defendant’s lot lies north of the plaintiffs’. The trespasses alleged consisted in removing part of a fence between the lots and building a brick wall, which enclosed a part of the plaintiffs’ lot, and in digging and plowing up the soil thereof. The real controversy was as to the location of the line. Mrs.…
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