Henderson v. Griffin
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of South Carolina. This was an action of trespass, instituted in the circuit court, to try titles, according to the forms prescribed by the local law of South Carolina ; by which this action is substituted for an ejectment.
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Error to the Circuit Court of South Carolina. This was an action of trespass, instituted in the circuit court, to try titles, according to the forms prescribed by the local law of South Carolina ; by which this action is substituted for an ejectment. The plaintiffs ¡iroved a good title to a tract of land, in Abbeville district, South Carolina, under the will of Henry Laurens, who devised the land in question to Dr. and Mrs. Ramsay, and their heirs, in trust for the use and behoof of Frances Eleanor Laurens (now the wife of Francis Henderson), during her life, &c. The jury found a verdict for…
1Opinion of the Court
Baldwin, Justice,
delivered the opinion of the court. — The action in the court below was brought to try title to a tract of land, in Abbeville district, claimed by the plaintiffs, under the will of Henry Laurens ; and by the defendant, in virtue of a possession of five years, which, by the limitation law of South Carolina, gives a good title.
On the trial of the cause, it appeared, that ;Henry Laurens, being seised in fee of the premises in controversy, devised the same to his daughter, Mrs. Ramsay, and to Dr. Ramsay, “ to hold the same, to them and their heirs, in trust for the use and behoof…
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