Pryor v. Newbold
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., December, 1903. Action by S. W. Pryor against W. H. Newbold. • From Circuit decree in favor of defendant, plaintiff appeals. cite: Plaintiff is entitled in any view to the right of way: 3 McC.
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Before Townsend, J., December, 1903. Action by S. W. Pryor against W. H. Newbold. • From Circuit decree in favor of defendant, plaintiff appeals. cite: Plaintiff is entitled in any view to the right of way: 3 McC. D., 139; 23 Ency., 2 ed., 13. As to the preponderance of evidence in cases of this kind: 14 Ency., 2 ed., 201, 120; 1 DeS., 289; 2 Rich., 154; 50 S. C., 397. cites: When relief may he had from mistake: 20 Ency., 2 ed., 813; 46 S. C., 220; 60 S. C., 486. As to preponderance of evidence in cases like this: 1 Mills, 329; 14 Ency., 2 ed., 21, 196, 190; 58 S. C., 394; 60 S. C., 231; 64…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
This is'an action to reform a deed on the ground of fraud. The complaint alleges a contract by defendant to convey to plaintiff a lot of land in the city of Chester, for the consideration of $200, a subsequent change of the contract by which one-lialf of the lot was to-be conveyed for $100; a deed fraudulently drawn and executed by defendant so as to cover only a portion of the land defendant had agreed to convey, and the acceptance of the deed by the plaintiff in the belief that it was in conformity with the amended contract. The…
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