Duren v. Kee
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before WATTS, J., Lancaster, October, 1896. Action by Matilda A. Duren against Permelia H. Kee, on following complaint: I. The plaintiff, Matilda A. Duren, brought, on or about the 17th day of August, 1879, against the defendant, Permela H. Kee, an action to recover the possession of that part of a tract of land of four or five hundred acres, of which the defendant had unlawful possession.
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Before WATTS, J., Lancaster, October, 1896. Action by Matilda A. Duren against Permelia H. Kee, on following complaint: I. The plaintiff, Matilda A. Duren, brought, on or about the 17th day of August, 1879, against the defendant, Permela H. Kee, an action to recover the possession of that part of a tract of land of four or five hundred acres, of which the defendant had unlawful possession. In that action the defendant claimed the land, and set up the plea of the statutes of limitation as a bar. II. The issues in that action were brought on to trial at Lancaster Court House, at the March term…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
In order to understand fully the questions raised by the exceptions it will be necessary to set forth, in the report of the case, the complaint, the answer, the charge of his Honor, the presiding Judge, and the exceptions.
*457The exceptions raise practically the following questions: First. Was there error in allowing the defendant to introduce in evidence the plat of the surveyor, when no order of the Court had been made authorizing him to survey the land, and no notice of the time and place of making the survey had been given to the…
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