Watts v. Witt
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Witherspoon, J., Orangeburg, September, 1891. . This was an action by Rhoda Watts against Jacob F. Witt and Cornelia J. Witt for the recovery of a tract of land.
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Before Witherspoon, J., Orangeburg, September, 1891. . This was an action by Rhoda Watts against Jacob F. Witt and Cornelia J. Witt for the recovery of a tract of land. Master A. C. Dibble reported as follows: The master for said county, to whom it was referred, by an. order of this court made in the above entitled action, and bearing date June 1st, 1888, to hear and determine all the issues contained in and raised by the pleadings therein, and to report his conclusions thereon to this court, together with any special matter that may arise, would ask to report: This is an action for the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIver.
This was an action to recover possession of real estate. The facts of the case are so fully and clearly stated in the report of the master and in the decree of the Circuit Judge (both of which should be incorporated in the report of the case), that we deem it unnecessary to do more than to give an outline of the general facts necessary to a proper understanding of the two questions upon which this appeal must turn.
The land in dispute originally belonged to the defendant, *365Jacob F. Witt; and was sold by the sheriff under a…
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