Shelton v. . Shelton
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Cause removed from the Court of Equity of Davie county. Mrs. Mary Morgan in 1833, bought from one'Andrew limit, andpaid,foronehalfof atract of land, and had thesame conveyed to Yincent M. Shelton, who was the oldest son of her daughter, Elizabeth Shelton, the wife of Henry E. Shelton, an insolvent man, all whose property had been sold from him under executions.
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Cause removed from the Court of Equity of Davie county. Mrs. Mary Morgan in 1833, bought from one'Andrew limit, andpaid,foronehalfof atract of land, and had thesame conveyed to Yincent M. Shelton, who was the oldest son of her daughter, Elizabeth Shelton, the wife of Henry E. Shelton, an insolvent man, all whose property had been sold from him under executions. But the legql estate was conveyed to the said Yincent M. Shelton, subject to a trust declared by the said Mary Morgan, in favor of Elizabeth Shelton, for her life, remainder to all the children of the said Elizabeth Shelton. The object…
1Opinion of the Court
PeaesoN, 0. J.
The pleadings and proofs establish these facts: Mrs. Morgan, wishing to provide a home for her daughter. Mrs. Shelton, and her children, (the son-in-law having failed and been sold out,) purchased a tract of land, paid the price, and had the deed made to Yincent Shelton, who was then the only son of Mrs. Shelton, then of full age, with a verbal declaration of trust, that lie was to hold for his mother during her life, and in remainder in fee for all of her children; and Mrs. Shelton and her family liv-ed on the land for many years afterwards, without paying rent, or any claim…
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