Forrester v. Moon
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Rice, J., Greenville, March, 1914. Action by Mattie Z. Forrester against J. P. Moon. From judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The special master, R. F. Watson, filed the following report: The plaintiff being the owner of certain lands at Mauldin Station, abutting the railroad right of way, subdivided the same into small lots with a view of offering them for sale.
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Before Rice, J., Greenville, March, 1914. Action by Mattie Z. Forrester against J. P. Moon. From judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The special master, R. F. Watson, filed the following report: The plaintiff being the owner of certain lands at Mauldin Station, abutting the railroad right of way, subdivided the same into small lots with a view of offering them for sale. The first plat which was prepared for the plaintiff indicated a street 40 feet wide adjoining the right of way and certain lots fronting on that street. Later the plaintiff had another plat prepared, on which the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
This was an action to reform a deed executed by plaintiff to defendant and described particularly in the complaint, on the ground that the lot conveyed in the deed was incorrectly described, because of a mistake of the scrivener caused by a mistake in the plats from which the deed was drawn; and that the deed as made did not carry out the agreement made between the plaintiff and defendant. After issue joined the case was referred to R. F. Watson, Esq., as special master, to hear and determine all issues of law and fact and report to…
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