Bratton v. Guy

Citations

• 12 S.C. 42
• 1879 S.C. LEXIS 33

Syllabus

<p>1. An action for deficiency in quantity of land, founded upon the usual covenant of warranty in a deed of conveyance executed in 1858, is barred by the statute of limitations in four years.</p> <p>2. The limitations prescribed in Part 2, Title 2 of the code of procedure, do not apply where the right of action accrued before the adoption of the code; such cases are governed by the statute of limitations of force at the time. It was not the intention of Section 7, Chapter CXLVL, of the General Statutes, to give to actions any new or different period, but simply to declare that they should continue under the operation of the limitations applicable to them in then existing laws.</p>