WILSON v. JONES

22074

281 S.C. 230 (1984)

314 S.E.2d 341

Ida J. WILSON, Respondent-Appellant, v. Elijah JONES, John Swinton, Julia Horlbeck, Wilhelmina Major, James Brown, the younger; Isaiah Coakley, and Paul Coakley (Isaiah Coakley and Paul Coakley being minors under the age of fourteen years); and Paul Brown, if he be living; and John Doe and Mary Doe, fictitious names designating unknown heirs at law, distributees and devisees of Paul Brown, if he be deceased; and said fictitious names also used herein to designate the unknown heirs at law, distributees and devisees of John O. Brown, Nancy Brown, Emma Brown, Frank Brown, Georgianna Brown, William Brown, the elder, Ellen Brown, James Brown, William Brown, the younger, and Emma Campbell; and said fictitious names also designating all other persons and legal entities unknown who may have or claim an interest in, or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint herein, including any such as may be infants, incompetents, or otherwise under any disability including any disability under the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act, Defendants, of whom Wilhelmina Major, Paul Coakley and Isaiah Coakley (Paul Coakley and Isaiah Coakley being minors under the age of fourteen years) are Appellants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

April 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Thomas Worley, Jr., Mount Pleasant, for appellants-respondents.

Ray P. McClain, Charleston, for respondent-appellant.


April 2, 1984.

GREGORY, Justice:

Respondent-appellant Ida J. Wilson brought this action seeking a partition of two tracts of land located in Charleston County. The circuit judge ruled, upon the Master's recommendation, that appellants-respondents Wilhelmina Major, Paul Coakley, and Isaiah Coakley, the alleged illegitimate children of James Brown, Wilson's cousin, were entitled to Brown's share of the tracts of land. We reverse.

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