POPE v. PATTERSON

Mr. B.T. Rice, for appellants, cites: Trustee takes fee only for life of grantor: 25 S.C. 493; 16 S.C. 546. And statute executes the use and vests the fee in remainder: 69 S.C. 290; 4 Rich. Eq., 485; Covar v. Cantelou, 25 S.C.; Snelling v. Lamar, 32 S.C.; Foster v. Glover, 46 S.C. Statute did not commence to run against Mrs. Sams until she was discovert and her coverture protects the right of plaintiffs: 15 S.C. 339; 11 S.C. 75; Jones v. Reeves, 6 Rich.; 15 S.C. 432. Fee granted cannot be destroyed by later or subsequent clauses in a deed: 17 Ency., 8; 2 Blacks., 381; 33 Am. St. R., 795; 83 Va., 238; 28 S.E., 831; 13 Ency., 798; 36 S.E.R., 79; 32 S.E.R., 676; 17 S.C. 536; 11 Rich., 515; 59 S.C. 515; 2 Minor Inst., 177. Deed should specify purpose of the trust: 73 N.Y., 230; 2 Cruise on Real Property, sec. 32; 1 Sug. on Pow., 117, 173, 178; 33 N.Y., 107; 130 N.Y., 29; 95 N.Y., 76; 125 N.Y., 560; 127 N.Y., 426; 27 N.Y., 507; 2 Sug. on Pow., sec. 2, chap. VIII; 2 Leading Cases in Eq., Part 2. Power cannot be extended to defeat vested interests: Roux v. Chaplin, 1 Strob. Eq.; Weiters v. Timmons, 25. Mr. W.A. Holman, contra, cites: Trustee had such duties to perform as required the legal estate to abide in him: 18 S.C. 189. Statute would run against such trustee, and through him against his cestui que trust: 50 S.C. 120; 53 S.C. 126. After lapse of twenty years presumption is grantor gave written instructions to convey: 1 Hill, ch. 376; 72 S.C. 320.