Legal Opinion

Poore v. Poore

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided July 31, 1916No. 9485PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Before Gary, J., Anderson, March, 1915. Action by Mrs. Nannie L. Poore against Leda Poore and others. From orders and decrees made in the case, the defendant, C. B. Lewis, appeals. submits: The legal title vested in the trustees under the will of J. B. Lewis: 24 S. C. 452; 36 S. C. 354; and they could not convey the interest of the beneficiary: 29 -S. C. 278; or acquire any interest adverse thereto: 39 Cyc. 296, 298. Rule of con-construction: 59 S. C. 137; 44 S. G. 503. On…

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Before Gary, J., Anderson, March, 1915. Action by Mrs. Nannie L. Poore against Leda Poore and others. From orders and decrees made in the case, the defendant, C. B. Lewis, appeals. submits: The legal title vested in the trustees under the will of J. B. Lewis: 24 S. C. 452; 36 S. C. 354; and they could not convey the interest of the beneficiary: 29 -S. C. 278; or acquire any interest adverse thereto: 39 Cyc. 296, 298. Rule of con-construction: 59 S. C. 137; 44 S. G. 503. On appeal from final order intermediate orders may be reviewed: -59 S. C. 49; 69 S. C. 233; 96 S. C. 357. Order settling…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Watts.

This is an appeal from orders and decrees made in the case by Judges Gary, Shipp and Rice. The appellant first excepts to the order of Judge Gary by which the case for hearing in the Supreme Court was settled, and the main issues involve numerous questions of law relative to the decrees of the three Circuit Judges, to wit: Judge Shipp’s decree of April 23, 1913 ; Judge Rice’s decree of March 23, 1914, and Judge Gary’s decree passed at the March term of the Court, 1915. The respondent at the outset questions the appellant’s standing in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Beck v. Northwestern R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1914

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. MacKey v. Kerr-McGee Chemical Co.Court of Appeals of South Carolina · 1984
  2. Arnold v. YarboroughCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1984
  3. Crowley v. Harvey & Battey, P.A.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1997
  4. Lord Jeff Knitting Co., Inc. v. MillsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1984
  5. Thornton v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1941

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