Carlisle v. Prior
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Witherspoon, J., Raurens, Proceeding by John W. Carlisle, as executor of Simpson Bobo, to eject H. G. Prior, as tenant of his testator, on the following notice: Complaint having been made untome by John W. Carlisle, as executor of the will of Simpson Bobo, deceased, that you, H. G. Prior, are now in unlawful possession of all that lot, tract, piece or parcel of land, situated in the said county and State, containing 170 acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of…
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Before Witherspoon, J., Raurens, Proceeding by John W. Carlisle, as executor of Simpson Bobo, to eject H. G. Prior, as tenant of his testator, on the following notice: Complaint having been made untome by John W. Carlisle, as executor of the will of Simpson Bobo, deceased, that you, H. G. Prior, are now in unlawful possession of all that lot, tract, piece or parcel of land, situated in the said county and State, containing 170 acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of which said tract of land belongs to the said estate, and of which you have been a tenant at the will of the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
The proceedings herein were commenced before a magistrate, on the 23d of March, 1896, to eject the defendant from the premises described in the notice, which, together with the order of his Honor, Judge Witherspoon, and appellant’s exceptions to said order, will be set out in the report of the case. The defendant, in his return to said notice to show cause, alleged that he was the owner in fee of 120 acres of said land, also raised the jurisdictional questions hereinafter mentioned.
On the 10th of December, 1869, F. M. Cooper purchased…
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