McDevitt v. Frantz
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Essex county, rendered June 4th, 1887, in a cause wherein Martin McDevitt and Florence, his wife, are complainants, and Louisa Frantz, in her own right and as executrix of the last will and testament of Anna M. Sewell, deceased, Wm. F. Stewart and Lelia, his wife, and Clyde Cassells, an infant, are defendants.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Essex county, rendered June 4th, 1887, in a cause wherein Martin McDevitt and Florence, his wife, are complainants, and Louisa Frantz, in her own right and as executrix of the last will and testament of Anna M. Sewell, deceased, Wm. F. Stewart and Lelia, his wife, and Clyde Cassells, an infant, are defendants. The object of the suit was to establish, by an implied trust, a fee simple remainder in a tract of land which had been conveyed absolutely to Anna M. Sewell, and on which she had paid part of the purchase-money and executed a trust deed on it for…
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
The leading facts of the case, as presented by the record, are as follows, viz: James M. Sewell, of Cecil county, Maryland, about the year 1840, married Anna M. Pinckney, of the city of Baltimore. He was seized and possessed of a farm called “Holly Hall,” located in the said county of Cecil, and she was possessed of certain separate estate not liable for her husband’s debts. The said James M. Sewell, by the year 1855, had become heavily involved in debt; and, on the 14th day of March, 1855, the said James M. Sewell and wife (in which deed the mother of said James M. Sewell united) conveyed to…
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