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EDWARDS v. EDWARDS

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239 S.C. 85 (1961)

121 S.E.2d 432

Waites T. EDWARDS, Respondent, v. William M. EDWARDS, Robert W. Edwards, Joseph V. Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards Dempsey and Dorothy Edwards Cunningham, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

August 24, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Love, Thornton & Arnold and J.G. Leatherwood, of Greenville, for Appellants.

Messrs. Thomas A. Wofford and Theodore A. Snyder, Jr., of Greenville, for Respondent.

August 24, 1961.

TAYLOR, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff brought this action seeking to have himself declared the natural child of William S. Edwards and therefore an heir of James M. Edwards.

William S. Edwards married Mamie Taylor in August, 1915. At that time she was the mother of a four-year-old son born out of wedlock, named Waites and plaintiff here. Following the marriage, six children were born to William S. and Mamie Taylor Edwards. Those children...

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