Supreme Court of South Carolina October 16, 1889 (Welborn v. Townsend)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice McGowan.

Lemuel J. Waddill died in 1869, without leaving a widow or lineal descendants, seized and possessed of several tracts of land, which for convenience may be designated as the home place, containing 458 acres, more or less, and the small tracts described in the complaint as No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4.