Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Supreme Court of South Carolina (Volume 50)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898. Excerpt: ... ACCOUNTING. 1. A party who boys, under honest mutual mistake, a lot with valuable buildings in place of a vacant lot, must be allowed credit for taxes and necessary expenditures on the property as against rents collected. Ex parte Howlett, 1 2. Under the circumstances in this case, the defendant is not entitled to be reimbursed the taxes paid by him on the land. McAbee v. Harrison, 39 3. Under this proceeding, it is not proper to require the heir of the remainderman to account for amounts received by him under another clause of the will in excess of what his share of the property in question would amount to. Green v. Green, 514 4. Where life tenant insures property for a number of years, and it is at last burned, he is only entitled to be reimbursed the premium paid for the policy in force at time building was burned. Ibid. ADVKRSE POSSKSSION. 1. A person who has held land adversely for ten years hag a good title, which may be affirmatively asserted against one not under disability. Cave v. Anderson, 293 2. Adverse possession for ten years confers a good title to land, which may be affirmatively asserted, provided the State has parted with its title. Duren v. Kee, 444 AGKNT. 1. A broker or agent who places a contract in cotton futures, has no cause of action, under statutes of this State, for money advanced for his principal in filling such contract. Riordan v. Doty, 537 AGRICULTURAL LIEN. 1. A person indorsing a note for a farmer, which he uses as collateral in obtaining money and supplies used in making a crop, is such a person, under sec. 2514 of Rev. Stat., as makes advances to be used in the cultivation of a crop, and he can enforce an agricnltural lien against such crop, given him by the farmer to secure him in such indorsement. Lockhart v. Smith, 1...