Izlar v. Haitley

Citations

• 24 S.C. 382
• 1886 S.C. LEXIS 50

Syllabus

<p>1. Where the defendant claims the land in dispute under a verbal gift from her father and ten years’ adverse possession thereunder, a deed of this land to her father, produced by her under notice, may be introduced in evidence by the plaintiff without proof of its execution.</p> <p>2. Plaintiff claimed as purchaser at sheriff’s sale under judgments against A., and defendant claimed under a prior verbal gift from A. and ten years’ adverse possession thereunder. Held, that A. being a common source of title, the plaintiff was not required to prove title beyond A.', or even in him.</p>