Wagener & Co. v. Parrott

Citations

• 51 S.C. 489
• 29 S.E. 240
• 1898 S.C. LEXIS 36

Syllabus

<p>1. Homestead. — The first and second requests of defendant, relating to sale of homestead by sheriff under execution, and to what constitutes a family entitling the head to a homestead exemption, were improperly refused.</p> <p>2. Ibid. — Chiedren.—-A child adopted under special statute occupies the same place in the family as to homestead exemption as a child of the blood.</p> <p>3. Ejectment — Lessee—Evidence.—In an action for possession of real property, defendant may defeat plaintiff’s right of recovery by showing that he is in possession as lessee under a title not in the plaintiff.</p>