Ellis v. Young
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Eraser, J., Abbeville, February, 1889. The opinion states the case. The instrument referred to in the opinion was executed by John E. Ellis, under his hand and seal, on January 1, 1861, in the presence of two witnesses, and was as follows : “State of South Carolina, “Abbeville District.
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Before Eraser, J., Abbeville, February, 1889. The opinion states the case. The instrument referred to in the opinion was executed by John E. Ellis, under his hand and seal, on January 1, 1861, in the presence of two witnesses, and was as follows : “State of South Carolina, “Abbeville District. “Know all men by these presents, that I, John E. Ellis, of said district and State, did receive from Cynthia Ann Wakefield the following amounts of money, to wit: 22d October, 1860, one hundred dollars; December, 1860, one hundred and seventy-five dollars; 1st January, 1861, one hundred and fifty…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Chiee Justice Simpson.
John E. Ellis, plaintiff, appellant, in 1859 bought from the commissioner in equity for Abbeville County a certain tract of land, containing some two hundred and thirty acres, and in 1861 having received from Mrs. Cynthia Ann Wakefield, his monther-in-law, at different times, four hundred and twenty-five dollars in the aggregate, which amount having been applied to the purchase money of said land, he executed a paper under seal (which is found in the “Case”), in which he acknowledged the receipt of this sum and of its…
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