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HAMMOND v. HALSEY

0568

287 S.C. 46 (1985)

336 S.E.2d 495

E. Spann HAMMOND, as Trustee Under the Will of James H. Hammond, deceased, Appellant, v. Ashley HALSEY, Jr., Elizabeth M. Halsey, The Society for American Antiquities, Hugh M. McLaurin, III, The Sumter County Historical Society, Dick Anderson #75 Daughters of the Confederacy, and the State of South Carolina, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided October 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Halcott P. Green, Columbia, for appellant.

Harry B. Burchstead, Jr., Sumter, for respondents Ashley Halsey, Jr., Elizabeth M. Halsey, and The Society of American Antiquities.

Edward V. Atkinson, Sumter, for respondent the Sumter County Historical Society.

Marilyn G. Ayers, Sumter, for respondent Dick Anderson #75 Daughters of the Confederacy.

Asst. Atty. Gen. Richard B. Kales, Jr., Columbia, for respondent State of South Carolina.

Heard June 19, 1985.

Decided Oct. 30, 1985.

BELL, Judge:

E. Spann Hammond, as Trustee under the will of his father, the late Senator James H. Hammond, commenced this action to recover possession of an 1857 Spanish cannon barrel formerly in Senator Hammond's possession, but now in the possession of Ashley Halsey and others. The Trustee alleged title to the cannon is in Senator Hammond's estate. Halsey answered, denying Senator Hammond's title. The jury...

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