JOHNSON v. HEIRS OR DEVISEES OF WHITE

Opinion No. 2017-UP-135.

Solomon Johnson, Frank Johnson, Ruth Green, Dorothy Jones, Theresa Scott, Erma Johnson, Kelly Barbara Jean Ferguson a/k/a Barbara Jean Albergottie, Alphonzo Albergottie, David Pringle, Pauline Lesesne, Marion Pringle, Jr., Frederick Scott, Paul K. Scott, Harold Jones, Sandra Williamson Powell, Fredericka L. Williamson, Elvin Bennett, Janie L. Ganues, Bertha Stafford, Patrice Stafford, Mary Lee Gary, Alnethia Gary, Edward Stanley Stafford, Luerta Gary, Kenneth Gary, Carlos Gary, Ron Kenneth Stewart, Mary Frances Duncan, Debra Williams, Larry Williams, Barbara Williams Smith, Johnie Williams, Terri Elaine Weaver, Letha G. Rhem, Patricia Ann White, Sharon White, Nolen White, and Johnny Washington, Jr., Respondents, v. The Heirs or Devisees of Solomon White; Mary Ann Pinckney White; Edward White, Jacob White, Mary White; Carrie White; Ellen White Gary; Sam Gary; Emma Gary Johnson; Miller Johnson, Sr.; Oscar Johnson; Eloise Johnson; Miller Johnson, Jr.; Leola Johnson; Richard (Ritchie) Johnson; Sarah H. Johnson; Mack Coles; Emily Johnson Albergottie; Robert Albergottie; Louise Johnson Pringle; Marion Pringle; Mamie Gary; Thomas Brown; Carrie Scott; Clarence Scott; Jessie Mae Scott Smalls; Williams Smalls, Jr.; Nathaniel Scott; Camerine Scott; Hermon V. Scott: Luther Scott; Earnestine Steward; Epstein Steward; Lonny Brown; Gussy Brown; Charles Brown; Danza Gary; Victoria Brown; Dorothy Williamson; Joseph Williamson, Sr.; Elijah Williamson; Joseph Williamson, Jr.; Helen (Sweetie) Brown Bennett; Ervin Bennett; Janie Bennett Green; Eloise Bennett Nixs; Benjamin Nixs; Terry Nixs; Carrie Gary; Harry Julius; Richard Gary; Fronnie Gary; Ella Gary; Francis Gary; Florence (Nana) Gary; Aletha (Tiny) Gary Watson; Andrew Gadsden; Frank Watson; Elizabeth Gary Stafford; Lee Stafford; John Lee Stafford; Joseph Gary; Nehemiah Gary; Dorothy Gary; Harold Gary; Cleveland Gary; Henry Gary; Florrie Gary; Naomi Gary Stafford; James Stafford, Sr.; Hattie Mae Stafford; Edna Brooker; Henry Brooker; Inell Jones; Raymond Jones; James Stafford, Jr., Hazel Gary; Henry Gary, Jr.; Henry Gary, III; Herman Gary; Mary Ellen Gary Williams; Herbert Williams, Sr.; Herbert Williams, Jr.; Louise Gary White; Jimmy White; Lou Ethel Washington; Margaret Gary Levine; David Levin; Eddie James Gary; Wilhelmina Gary Murray; Ezekiel Murray, Sr., Josephine Gary Jenkins; Eddie Jenkins; Joe Louis Gary; Heirs of David Pringle; Salt Marsh Partners, L.P.; Janice E. Jones and Ralph E. Johnson; Bobbie J. Collins; Leory Norris and Odis Ann Norris; M. Lane Morrison; Mills Lane Morrison and Bank of America, N.A., as Trustees; Beaufort County Open Land Trust; William McLean Mixon and Barbara Hill Mixon, as Trustees of the Mixon Revocable Trust Agreement dated July 24, 2008; Robert J. Pinckney; Mamie Brown; Susie Cordeaux; Dorothy Lesesne, Ben Pinckney, Christopher Pinckney, Etta Pinckney, Henry Pinckney, Herbert Pinckney, Ernestine P. Rogers, Lillie Shell, and Ruth P. Simmons; Richard Johnson, Jr.; Helen Coles; Forestine Pringle; Sandra Smalls; Jackie Smalls; Sharon Smalls; Andrea Smalls; Brooke Smalls; Allan Scott; Cleon Scott; Nia Malika Singletary; Loretta L. Steward; Nathan Jones; Eric Williamson; Dwayne Williamson; Audrey Brown; Joseph Johnson; Jacqueline Johnson Major; Robert Lee Green; Kenneth Green; Juanita Green; Keith Green; Joseph Green; Ellis Green; Carl Green; Brown Bennett; Dorsey Bennett; William Nixs; Jennifer Nixs; Jason Nixs; Thaddaus Nixs; Edward Nixs; Charles Nixs; Althea Nixs; Clara Gary; Francis Gary, Jr.; Adelia Gary; Charles Gary; Albert Gary; Ulysses Gary; Bernard Gary; David Gary; Annette Singleton; Lillie Mae Giffford; Shawndea Stafford; James Stafford; Beaulah Gadsden; Jordan Harris; Leon Stafford; Alvin Brooker; Michael Stafford; Shirley Stafford White; Gail Stafford Marquez; Jacqueline Stafford; Stephanie Jones; Renata Jones; Ranell Jones; Germanie Jones; Nathaniel Stafford; Angela Stafford; Sonya Green; James Stafford III; Rasheen James; Jusean James; Kierra Stafford; Lena (Evelyn) Gary; Brenda Patterson; Jeanette Rutledge; Issac Williams; Carolyn Achampony; Antoinette Lewis; Geraldine Brown; Johnny Washington; Kurt Washington; Diane Gary; Tracy Washington; Carren Washington; Lunetha Gary; James Stanley Gary; Gerald R. Gary; if living, and if not living, then the heirs or devisees of all such persons named above; and all persons unknown having or claiming to have any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real property described in the Complaint herein, being designated collectively as John Doe and Mary Doe, including all persons who may be deceased, minors, in the Armed Forces of the United States, Non Compos Mentis, and under any other disability, Defendants, Of whom Clara Gary, Adelia Gary, David Gary, Annette Singleton, Albert Gary, Ulysses Gary, Bernard Gary, Francis Gary, Jr., and Charles Gary are the Appellants.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed March 29, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Counts , and Kelvin M. Huger , both of Counts & Huger, LLC, of Charleston, for Appellants.

J. Thomas Mikell and Harold A. Boney, Jr. , both of Beaufort, for Respondents.


THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCARC.

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