Pinckney v. Knowles
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before PeuriEoy, J., Jasper, Summer term, 1917. Action by Leonora C. Pinckney and another against Edward Knowles and another. Judgment of nonsuit, and plaintiffs appeal. cite: As to error in granting a nonsuit: Greenleaf on Evidence, section 300 (13 Ed.); Code of Civil Procedure, sec. 331; Elliott 3d 558, 559, 597, 526; 1st Bailey Law, p. 39; 23 S. C. 96; 2 Rich. Law, p. 481; 33 S. C. 1, 89; Code of Civil Procedure, sec. 131; 74 S. C. 298, 300; 24 Stat. 130.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
This was an action for recovery of real property in Jasper county, and at the trial resulted in a nonsuit granted by his Honor, Judge Peurifoy, on defendant’s motion.
The plaintiffs and defendants admit that both claim from a common source, to wit: Abram Huguenin. The defense was a general denial to claim of plaintiffs and further defense that the defendants had been in possession under claim of title by written instrument for more than 20 years, and that neither plaintiffs nor predecessors have been in possession for over 20 years and…
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