McAlhany v. Murray
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before B. H. Moss, Special Judge, Dorchester, October, 1910. Action by D. D. McAlhany -against Emory Murray et al. in which O. B. Dukes, J. W. Fairey and Margaret Shieder intervened.
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Before B. H. Moss, Special Judge, Dorchester, October, 1910. Action by D. D. McAlhany -against Emory Murray et al. in which O. B. Dukes, J. W. Fairey and Margaret Shieder intervened. The intervenors appeal. cite: Property paid for vests in members: 10 Cyc. 1327(b); 48 Tex. 147; 9 En-cy. 613; 56 Vt. 734; 38 Cal. 166; 15 S. C. 277; 35 S. C. 330; 44 S. C. 511; 54 S. C. 440;-3 D. R. A. (N. S.) 653; 119 Ga. 829; 54 S. C. 440; 18 How. 185. Mr. Gibbes cites: This property reverted to grantor: 2 Kent, 282; Preston on Estates 250; 23 S. C. 297; 1 Bl. Com. 484; Angel & Ames Corp. 779; Dill Mun. Corp.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The question- to be decided in this case is whether upon the dissolution of a corporation created for a benevolent or social purpose, its land reverts to the grantor or is a corporate asset to be divided among those who are members'of the corporation at -the -date -of dissolution.
The facts are not in dispute, but it is necessary to malee a statement -of the manner in which the legal issue -arose. A charter for fourteen yeans was granted to St. George’s Division-, Sons of Temperance, by an act -of incorporation of December 21, 1854.…
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