Myers v. Burnsides

Supreme Court of South Carolina December 19, 1911

Myers v. Burnsides, 71 S.E. 977 (S.C. 1911)

90 S.C. 186; 1911 S.C. LEXIS 173

Hydrick

Opinion of the Court

The opinion in -this case was filed on August 10, 1911, but remittitur held up on petition- for rehearing until-

The opinion of the Oou-rt was delivered by ’

*187 Mr. Justice Hydrick.

1 This is an ¡action at law to recover possession of real estate wbidhi plaintiff claims as heir of Baron DeKalb Myers. Byi consent, the issues were tried by the Court upon the testimony, which was taken and reported by the master. The Court found: 1. That the evidence did not warrant the finding that title was ever in Baron DeKalb Myers: 2. That plaintiff is an illegitimate son of Baron DeKalb Myers, and therefore not his heir. 8. That plaintiff is estopped by the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas for Richland county in the case of Josephine Moore v. Jane Myers et al., to which action he was a party, and in which it was adjudged that he was illegitimate and not an heir of Baron DeKalb Myers, and had no interest in the land in dispute in that action, which is the same land herein sued for.

These findings are .all supported by the ‘evidence, and are, therefore, not reviewable by this Court.

Affirmed.

2 Petition for rehearing- dismissed by formal order filed December 19, 1911.

Reference

Full Case Name: Myers v. Burnsides.
Cited By: 1 case
Status: Published
Syllabus: 1. Real Property — Illegitimacy—Estoppel—Appeal.—Findings by the Circuit Court in a law case tried by the Court by consent that (1) title to the land in question was never in plaintiff’s father, (2) he was an illegitimate child, (3) he is estopped from maintaining- this action by an adjudication of his illegitimacy in a former action to which he was a party, being supported by the evidence, are not reviewable by this Court. 2. Rehearing refused.