Case Name: Johnson v. Harrelson
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1883-02-15
Citations: 18 S.C. 604
Docket Number: No. 1336
Parties: Johnson v. Harrelson.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 18
Pages: 604–604

Head Matter:
No. 1336.
Johnson v. Harrelson.
November Term, 1882.
February 15th, 1883.
C. D. Ekans, for appellant.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Simpson,
Where parties in possession of land, under claim of title, make improvements upon such land after action brought against them for the possession of the land and denying their right thereto, they have no right to the value of the improvements so erected. The principles discussed upon which tenants in possession are allowed their improvements.