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Senterfeit v. Shealy

Senterfeit v. Shealy.

Senterfeit v. Shealy, 55 S.E. 958 (S.C. 1903)
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Court
Supreme Court of South Carolina · State Highest Courts
Decided
June 19, 1903
Judges
Gary, Klugh
Citations
55 S.E. 95866 S.C. 3841903 S.C. LEXIS 99
Disposition
Reversed.
Syllabus
Rear Property — Preading—Cause oe Action. — A Compraint alleging, first, that plaintiffs are the owners in fee of a tract of land; and, second, that defendants are in the wrongful and unlawful possession thereof, and refuse to surrender possession after demand made, and by reason of said acts have damaged plaintiff so much, states a good cause of action for possession of land.
Summary
Action for possession of land by H. B. Senterfeit et al. against Amanda Shealy et al. From order sustaining demurrer to complaint, plaintiffs appeal. Messrs. Bhrd & Dreher cite; 37 S. C., 50; 35 S. C., 310; 65 S. C., 384. No •argument furnished Reporter.

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Opinion of the Court — Gary

The opinion of the Court was delivered by *385 Mr. Justice Gary.

This is an appeal from an order susr taining a demurrer to the complaint on the ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, in that it was “necessary not only to allege ownership, but the right of the plaintiff to immediate possession, in order to make out a complete statement of cause of action.”

The first paragraph of the complaint alleges that the plaintiff is the owner in fee of the land therein described.

The second paragraph of the complaint is as follows:

“2.

That the defendants, Amanda Shealy, Jane Shealy and R. B. Shealy, are in the wrongful and unlawful possession of said tract of land, and have refused to surrender possession of same to plaintiffs after demand made, and that by reason of the .wrongful and unlawful withholding of the possession of said tract of land by the defendants from the plaintiffs, the said plaintiffs have been damaged by the said defendants in the sum of one hundred dollars.” It is only necessary to cite the recent case of Livingston v. Ruff, 65 S. C., 284, to show that the order was erroneous.

The judgment of this Court is, that the order of the Circuit Court be reversed.

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