Case Name: DIXON v. WILLIAMS ET AL.
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1940-02-23
Citations: 192 S.C. 472
Docket Number: 15023
Parties: DIXON v. WILLIAMS ET AL.
Judges: Mr. Chief Justice Bonham, Messrs. Justices Carter and Fishburne and Mr. Acting Associate Justice L. D. Lide concur.
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 192
Pages: 472–476

Head Matter:
15023
DIXON v. WILLIAMS ET AL.
(7 S. E. (2d), 219)
March, 1939.
Messrs. Zeigler & Brailsford, for appellant O. T. Williams, cite:
Messrs. Lide & Felder, for respondent Earl Matthews,
Mr. Julian S. Wolfe, for plaintiff.
February 23, 1940.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Baker.
In the description of the tracts of land involved herein, except in a most general way, the points of the compass were ignored, and the boundaries carelessly and inadequately given.
It is true that if the plat is strictly followed, the only way that lands of General Land and Investment Company could be one of the northern boundaries of respondent's land would be for the dividing line to run as claimed by appellant, but from the careless manner in which the other boundaries of both tracts of land are given in the contracts of purchase, it is plausible that the Holman Bridge Road was overlooked and the lands of General Land and Investment Company across this road given as a northern boundary.
From a careful consideration of the record before us, we cannot say that the trial Judge was in error in his conclusions, and his decree, which will be reported, is therefore affirmed.
Mr. Chief Justice Bonham, Messrs. Justices Carter and Fishburne and Mr. Acting Associate Justice L. D. Lide concur.