Freeman v. Saxton

Hill, Justice.

This is the second appearance of this case in this court. The litigation commenced when the children of Cora Freeman, deceased, brought an action for an equitable partitioning of a 50 acre tract of land in which they each claimed a one-eighth undivided interest as their mother’s heirs-at-law. Cora Freeman had been a joint grantee with her third husband, J. C. Freeman, in the deed to the property. J. C. Freeman defended the action on the ground that since his wife had held the property under an implied or resulting trust for his benefit, she had no interest which survived her…