Court of Appeals of South Carolina, 1840

Scriven v. Heyward

Scriven v. Heyward
Court of Appeals of South Carolina · Decided February 15, 1840 · Butler, Earle, Gantt, Neall, Richardson
1 S.C. Eq. 119; 25 S.C.L. 119

Scriven v. Heyward

Opinion of the Court

Curia, per

Butler, J.

held that, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, the motion was properly brought up to this- court. And, although the action was not technically .a trespass to try titles, yet it involved' the right to a privilege «or easement that could not well be ascertained without a sur*120vey. It was an action to try titles to an incorporeal hereditament ; and there was no good reason why a survey should not be ordered. The defendant’s motion was therefore granted.

Colcock Sf Hutson for the motion. Gantt, Richardson, O’Neall and Earle, JJ. concurred.

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