Buck, Hefflebower & Neer v. Martin

Citations

• 21 S.C. 590
• 1884 S.C. LEXIS 129

Syllabus

<p>1. Where a widowed, mother erected a dwelling house and out-buildings upon an unimproved tract of land belonging to herself and her four infant children, in which house they all lived together, she should be allowed in partition the portion of the tract on which the improvements were erected, or, in case of sale, the increased value by reason of such improvements.</p> <p>2. In giving the improving tenant the increased value by reason of the improvements, such increased value must be ascertained after sale, and determined with reference to the purchase money of the entire property.</p> <p>3. Infant children living with their mother on the common property have no just claim for rents and profits that were consumed by themselves.</p>