Gleaton v. Gleaton

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice StabeER.

This appeal is from an order of his Honor, Judge Maul-din, refusing to reopen a judgment in the case. For a correct understanding of the litigation, a brief history of the facts leading up to it and the various proceedings had in Court prior to the judgment appealed from will b¿ necessary.

In 1867, H. H. Gleaton conveyed to Martha A. Gleaton, his daughter, a body of land located in Orangeburg County. Martha, it appears, prior to the execution of the deed, had intermarried with one Bates but had resumed her maiden name. It is agreed…