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Family Settles in Battle for Ancestral Land in South Carolina

Family Settles in Battle for Ancestral Land in South Carolina

Josephine Wright, who died this year at 94, had been fighting to save family property. The developer, Bailey Point Investments, agreed to end the dispute, the family’s lawyer said.The family of a woman who fought a developer to keep their ancestral land in Hilton Head, S.C., has reached a settlement in the legal battle that recognized her ownership, a family lawyer said this week. Josephine...

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