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PURVIS v. McELVEEN

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234 S.C. 94 (1959)

106 S.E.2d 913

Edith T. PURVIS, as Administratrix of the Estate of F.B. Thomas, deceased, et al., Appellants, v. John McELVEEN and A.H. McELVEEN, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

February 10, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Willcox, Hardee, Houck & Palmer, of Florence, for Appellants.

Messrs. McEachin, Townsend & Zeigler, of Florence, for Respondents.

February 10, 1959.

LEGGE, Justice.

The primary issue here presented is whether one who has conveyed in fee simple determinable may thereafter by deed convey the possibility of reverter to a person other than the grantee under the former deed.

In 1904 John F. McElveen and Wheeler M. Floyd conveyed to the trustees of "Central Common Free School For White Persons" a tract of one acre in Florence County. The habendum...

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