Marines v. Goblet

Citations

• 31 S.C. 153
• 9 S.E. 803
• 1889 S.C. LEXIS 18

Syllabus

<p>In action for recovery of land, the defence being adverse possession, the trial judge was requested by defendant to charge “that if the jury find that the plaintiffs deliberately stood by for years, and without objection saw defendants or others buying the land in dispute, and making improvements thereon, under the supposition that they had a good title, then the plaintiffs will now bo estopped to set up their claim against them.” Held, that the trial judge erred in saying to the jury, in response to this request, that this did not state sufficient facts to raise the rule of estoppel.</p>