Supreme Court of South Carolina January 9, 1883 (Schumpert v. Smith)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice McGowan.

This case was heard in connection with that of Herndon v. Moore, just decided, ante p. 339. That was an action to validate proceedings in partition before a Probate Court, and this is the counterpart of it — to ignore entirely such proceedings as void and partition the lands anew — but the principles announced in that case must be