Jefferies v. Fort

Citations

• 43 S.C. 48
• 20 S.E. 755
• 1895 S.C. LEXIS 121

Syllabus

<p>1. Purchase Money Mortgage — Dower—'Case Criticised. — The vendee of a tract of land gave a purchase money mortgage, and afterwards, in payment of the balance due on such mortgage, reconveyed to his vendor 800 acres of the tract so purchased, and also another tract, and the mortgage was marked satisfied and surrendered. This vendee and mortgagor then died. Held, that his widow was entitled to dower in this 800 acre tract, the purchase money mortgage being satisfied. Agnew v. Renwiek, 21 S. C., 562, followed.</p> <p>2. Case Criticised. — Stoppelbein v. Shulte, 1 Hill, 200, distinguished.</p>