Hays v. Hollis ex rel. Sutton
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Chaticery. The original bill in this cause was filed on the equity side of Harford county court, on the 21st of May, 1840, by the appellee against the appellants, Hays and Hollis, praying, upon the grounds therein stated, that one of them (Hays,) might be declared to hold certain property which had been conveyed to him by the complainant and her husband, Amos Hollis, the other defendant, in trust for her separate use, or that a new trustee should be…
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Appeal from the Court of Chaticery. The original bill in this cause was filed on the equity side of Harford county court, on the 21st of May, 1840, by the appellee against the appellants, Hays and Hollis, praying, upon the grounds therein stated, that one of them (Hays,) might be declared to hold certain property which had been conveyed to him by the complainant and her husband, Amos Hollis, the other defendant, in trust for her separate use, or that a new trustee should be appointed for that purpose, to whom the said Hays should be required to execute a conveyance of the property, and for…
1Opinion of the CourtChambers, J.
The propositions of law, on which the appellee relies to sustain the decree in this case, may all be conceded, to wit: that a fraudulent deed can convey no title to the grantee; that relief will be given where oppression or imposition have been practiced, and that gross inadequacy of the price paid, is one of the evidences of such oppression or imposition; that where one person advances the purchase money for land, and a deed is taken in the name of another, a resulting trust is created by operation of law, in favor of the party advancing the purchase money, and that parol testimony may be…
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