Bell v. Thompson Et Ux.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fraser.

The appellant, M. B. Thompson, owned some land at Wampee, in Horry county, and lived there for a while. In 1906 he bought a tract of land containing about 25 acres from J. V. Jones (and called herein the Jones tract), and lived upon it. Just across a private road he had a small lot, upon which he had a store, in which he conducted a mercantile business. The store lot came under a separate purchase. 'In 1911 he bought two other parcels of land from W. P. Floyd, containing 40 and 10 acres, respectively, and herein called the Floyd…