Santee River Hardwood Co. v. Hyman

TIMMERMAN, District Judge.

This cause is before me to hear the motion of the plaintiff “for an order referring this cause to a master to take the testimony and report it to the Court.”

The plaintiff asserts ownership and possession of a certain tract of land situate in Florence County, South Carolina, and within the jurisdiction of this court, containing '2,172 acres, more or less, which, according to plaintiff’s allegations, is bounded on the “West by lands of the estate of N. S. Gibson and George H. Hyman,” the last of whom is the defendant herein.

The plaintiff traces its title to this tract…