· 5/27/2009
Jones v. Leagan
Citations
- 681 S.E.2d 6
- 384 S.C. 1
- 2009 S.C. App. LEXIS 171
How courts have described this case
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- holding a party abandoned an argument on appeal when he cited no legal authority to support the argument
- stating \appellate review is limited to a determination of whether any evidence reasonably tends to support the trier of fact's findings\
- finding adverse possessors were prejudiced by a seventeen-year delay when they built improvements on the property in good faith without any knowledge of the landowner's rights
- stating appellate review of an adverse possession claim \is limited to . . . whether any evidence reasonably tends to support the trier of fact's findings\
- finding an action to quiet title is normally an action in equity but when the action involves a determination of title to real property, the action is legal in nature
- finding an adverse possession claim requires the claimant to prove by clear and convincing evidence his possession of the disputed property was continuous, hostile, actual, open, notorious, and exclusive for the statutory period
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Judges: Huff, Williams, Konduros
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