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BRIGGS v. JACKSON

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275 S.C. 523 (1981)

273 S.E.2d 532

Roland E. BRIGGS and Corine Wright Briggs, a/k/a Colie Wright Briggs, Respondents, v. Blanche Planter JACKSON, Elmore Buster Planter, Corine Planter Gordon, Leola Planter Chestnut. Emma Planter Gass and Pearl Planter Davis, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 5, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willcox, Hardee, O'Farrell, McLeod, Buyck & Baker, Florence, for appellants.

E. Lee Morgan and William P. Hatfield, Hyman, Morgan, Brown, Jeffords & Rushton, Florence, for respondents.

January 5, 1981.

LEWIS, Chief Justice:

This appeal involves the propriety of (1) an award of attorney's fees in a partition action and (2) the requirement that a certain portion of the land involved be sold to pay the fees, if not paid within sixty (60) days.

An action was instituted by plaintiffs (respondents) in 1976 for the partition among the parties of several tracts of land in Florence County according to their respective rights and interests...

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