White v. Britton
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Watts, J., Sumter, November, 1905. Action by Frances C. White, Alice K. Ward, S. J. White, J. B. White et al. against Jno. J. Britton, Jr., Leonard E. White, A. Walker Newman and Samuel Newman. From judgment dismissing complaint, plaintiffs appeal. cite: Deed creates a base or qualiñed fee: 11 Ency., 368, 369, 370; 2 Black.
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Before Watts, J., Sumter, November, 1905. Action by Frances C. White, Alice K. Ward, S. J. White, J. B. White et al. against Jno. J. Britton, Jr., Leonard E. White, A. Walker Newman and Samuel Newman. From judgment dismissing complaint, plaintiffs appeal. cite: Deed creates a base or qualiñed fee: 11 Ency., 368, 369, 370; 2 Black. Com., 109; Co. Litt., 27 A., Plowd., 557; 155 Mass., 171; 27 N. J. L., 13; 23 Barb., 370. When reversion will take place: 2 Plowd., 557; 3 Gray, 142; ill Gray, 43; 14 Gray, 586; 5 Gray, 17; 11 Met., 99; 102 Mass., 90; 1 Wash. Real Prop., 3 ed., 79, 76, 78; 2 Id.,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
This action was brought to obtain a permanent injunction against the interference by the defendants with the plaintiffs’ possession of a lot of land containing one acre and the dwelling house situated thereon, the Circuit Judge holding the right of possession to be in the defendants, Leonard E. White, A. Walker Newman and John J. Britton, as trustees, and not in the plaintiffs, dis missed the complaint and ordered the plaintiffs to return the possession to the trustees. The case depends upon the solution of legal questions, there…
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