Davenport v. Eskew
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Dantzeer, J., Greenville, December 8, 1908. Action by Jane Davenport against Amanda Eskew et al. From Circuit decree, plaintiff appeals. cite: 25 Ency., 640, 649, 650; 23 S. C., 56; 52 S. C., 561; 24 Ency., 312; 23 Md., 4; 39 S. C., 143; 1 Rich. Eq., 412; 2 Rich. Eq., 407; 28 S. C., 486; 64 S. C., 180; 2 S. E. R., 522; 95 N. C., 262; 5 Ird. Eq., 400; 43 S. E. R., 550; 25 Ency., 652; 4 Kent. Com., *221, 229, 230; 16 S. C., 227; 5 Rich. L., 423; 2 Hill R, 328; Bail.
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Before Dantzeer, J., Greenville, December 8, 1908. Action by Jane Davenport against Amanda Eskew et al. From Circuit decree, plaintiff appeals. cite: 25 Ency., 640, 649, 650; 23 S. C., 56; 52 S. C., 561; 24 Ency., 312; 23 Md., 4; 39 S. C., 143; 1 Rich. Eq., 412; 2 Rich. Eq., 407; 28 S. C., 486; 64 S. C., 180; 2 S. E. R., 522; 95 N. C., 262; 5 Ird. Eq., 400; 43 S. E. R., 550; 25 Ency., 652; 4 Kent. Com., *221, 229, 230; 16 S. C., 227; 5 Rich. L., 423; 2 Hill R, 328; Bail. Eq., 535. cite: 2 Wash. Real Prop., *268, 269, 273, 275; 3 Hill E, 193; 5 Rich. Eq., 356, Ml; 6 Rich. Eq., 138; 52 S. C.,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The widow and children of Mathias Roberts agreed upon a division of his estate, and interchanged deeds for the lands. The deed to the widow, Matilda Roberts, is in form an ordinary fee simple conveyance, with general warranty, except the following sentence at the conclusion of the first paragraph describing and granting the land:'“The above named land to be held by Matilda Roberts during her natural life, then to- be distributed equally between her remaining heirs.”
Matilda Roberts died in 1903, leaving as her heirs her children, the…
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