Bethea v. Bass

Legge, Acting Justice.

In this action for recovery of a tract of land in Dillon County the facts are not in dispute, and the main controversy is with regard to the construction of the deed next, referred to, which is the common source from which the contending parties derive their claims of title.

In June, 1919, Sarah Anne Bethea conveyed to her son Thomas M. Bethea, for the recited consideration of her love and affection for him, certain real estate, including the tract in question containing some one hundred two acres and known as the “Lane Place”. In 1925, Thomas M. Bethea gave to the Bank…