Godfrey v. Fielding

Citations

• 21 S.C. 313
• 1884 S.C. LEXIS 97

Syllabus

<p>1. In the assertion of a claim under the betterment act, great promptness is required; and there is no authority for substituting heirs or purchasers in the place of the plaintiff in the original action.</p> <p>2. The words “final judgment” in the betterment act, are not used-in their strict technical sense, but mean the final determination of the rights of the parties as to the land. Therefore, where the claim for betterments was made on the day of the entry of the formal judgment, but four years after verdict rendered, the act in question afforded neither' the authority nor machinery to enable the defendant to make his claim either against the purchasers in possession, or the heirs-at-law of the original plaintiff.</p>