Williams v. . McLean

Tbe plaintiff sought to establish a constructive trust in bis favor as to 13 acres of land, based upon tbe theory that be bad constituted tbe defendants bis agents to purchase for him 158 acres of land at an agreed price, and that tbe defendants purchased tbe land, taking title in tbe name of one of them, but wrongfully withheld 13 acres of tbe land and only conveyed to him 145 acres for tbe stipulated price.

Without undertaking to discuss tbe applicability of tbe doctrine of parol trusts (Lefkowitz v. Silver, 182 N. C., 339, 109 S. E., 56; Avery v. Stewart, 136 N. C., 426, 48 S. E., 775), we…