Supreme Court of South Carolina April 15, 1805 (Ordinary of Orangeburgh District v. Geiger)

The court

(Grimke, Waties, Bay, and Brevard, Justices)

were all clear, that a right of possession vested instantly upon the execution of the deed of gift, and that Dorothy was intitled to the property given as a joint-tenant; and (herefore, that upon her intermarriage with Jacob Geiger, the pioperty, and right of possession which she had, vested in Jacob Geiger, and became part of his personal