Lawson v. Citizens & Southern National Bank ex rel. Will of Cleveland

Brailsford, Justice:

The plaintiff A. Elliott Lawson purchased a lot in a residential subdivision from the defendant, The Citizens and Southern National Bank of South Carolina, as Trustee, the developer of the property. He and Mrs. Lawson, his co-plaintiff, built a residence on the lot, which they occupied for a time as a home. Shortly thereafter, the husband and wife were divorced, and the residence was conveyed to her in partial discharge of his obligation to support her and the minor children of the marriage. Upon discovering that the dwelling had been built over a ravine, which had been…