Ex Parte Pearson
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Memminger, J., Marlboro, Petition of John F. Pearson, Jamies Pearson, Annie May Pearson et ail. against John F. Breeden in case of Ann E. Pearson, as administratrix of Charles T. Pearson, against Alexander C. Pearson et al., to set aside judgment. From order refusing motion, petitioners appeal.
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Before Memminger, J., Marlboro, Petition of John F. Pearson, Jamies Pearson, Annie May Pearson et ail. against John F. Breeden in case of Ann E. Pearson, as administratrix of Charles T. Pearson, against Alexander C. Pearson et al., to set aside judgment. From order refusing motion, petitioners appeal. The latter cite: Appointment of guardian ad litem was irregular: Buchanan’s Code, 136; 17 S. •C., 439; 23 S', C., 189, 166; 61 S, C„ 577; 25 S. C., 282; 71 a C., 17. Can the record be contradicted by paral testimony? 24 Fncy., 194; 41 S'. C., 1; 19 S. G, 506, 253; 91 S'. W., 68'9. Did Court have…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of -the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
This appeal is from an order refusing to open and set aside a decree of Judge Cothran of 5th November, 1886, and the judicial sale of a tract of land made thereunder.
The following agreed statement of facts appears in the record: “In 1857, John Adamls and others conveyed the lands involved herein to John Pear-son 'and his wife, Nancy Pearson, who in turn, in 1870, conveyed to Charles T. Pearson. Nancy Pearson failed- to affix her seal- to the deed, and after her death, John Pearson, her husband, and her other heirs-at-law, joined in…
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