Legal Opinion

Wilson Lumber Co. v. D. W. Alderman & Sons Co.

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided April 21, 1908No. 6877PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Before Prince, J., Williamsburg, October term, 1907. Action by Wilson Lumber Company, against Alderman & Sons Company. Prom Circuit decree, defendant appeals. Messrs. Shand & Shand cite: One decision should not sustain doctrine of stare decisis: 3 Hill, 306; 6 S. C, 3©4; 19 & C., 165; 13 S. €., 574. Timber deeds cowoey an interest in realty: 35 Cyc., 1549; 33 C'en. Dig., 3038, Sec. 86, 308®, Sec. 89- 30'87, Sec. 117; 4 Lead. Cos., Am.

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Before Prince, J., Williamsburg, October term, 1907. Action by Wilson Lumber Company, against Alderman & Sons Company. Prom Circuit decree, defendant appeals. Messrs. Shand & Shand cite: One decision should not sustain doctrine of stare decisis: 3 Hill, 306; 6 S. C, 3©4; 19 & C., 165; 13 S. €., 574. Timber deeds cowoey an interest in realty: 35 Cyc., 1549; 33 C'en. Dig., 3038, Sec. 86, 308®, Sec. 89- 30'87, Sec. 117; 4 Lead. Cos., Am. L. R. P., 510, 515; 55 L. R. A., 514. Removal should be made in reasonable time: 111 G'a., 65; 402-; 164 Pa. St., 234; 13 All'en, 462; 3 L. R. A., 651; 55 L. R.…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Jones.

Plaintiff brought this action for permanent injunction restraining defendant from cutting the timber on the tract of land described in the complaint.

On the 29 th day of March, 1893, plaintiff’s grantor, Thomas Wilson, purchased from J. E McElveen “all the piine trees and timber suitable for milling purposes on all that tract of land situate, lying 'and being in said county, containing two hundred acres, more or less (giving boundaries) * * * together with the right of ingress, egress and regress for the purpose of cutting and removing…

2Cited by19 opinions

  1. Cooley v. Meridian Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
  2. Colleton Mercantile & Mfg. Co. v. GruberDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1925
  3. R. M. Cobban Realty Co. v. DonlanMontana Supreme Court · 1915
  4. A. C. Tuxbury Lumber Co. v. ByrdSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1925
  5. Robertson v. H. Weston Lumber Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1920

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