Sumpter v. Arkansas National Bank
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Garland Chancery Court. Lijland Lea tiierman, Chancellor. Action by Arkansas National Bank and others against John J. and William Sumpter and others. Prom a judgment in favor of" plaintiffs, defendants appeal. The patentees were trustees for appellants. 2 Pom. Eq. §§'• 981, 103f, 1040. Resulting trusts are provable by parol. Sand. & II.
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Appeal from Garland Chancery Court. Lijland Lea tiierman, Chancellor. Action by Arkansas National Bank and others against John J. and William Sumpter and others. Prom a judgment in favor of" plaintiffs, defendants appeal. The patentees were trustees for appellants. 2 Pom. Eq. §§'• 981, 103f, 1040. Resulting trusts are provable by parol. Sand. & II. Dig., § 348; 9 Ark. 518; 40 ib. 624; 20 Ark. 373. There ■was no fraud in the transaction, and appellants are not estopped to set up their claim. 109 Mass. 54; 12 Allen, 401; 63 Ark. 169; 1 Johns. Ch. 344; 86 Y. Y. 221; 14 .Cal. 355; 97 Cal. 72; 70…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
This suit was brought by the creditors of John J. and William Sumpter against John J. Sumpter and others to set aside certain conveyances of real estate in the city of Hot Springs, in this state, which before then had been made by John J. and William Sumpter to their mother and sisters and to the wife of John J. Sumpter. They alleged in theit complaint that the defendants John J. and William Sumpter were indebted to them and other persons, and that at the time of the creation and making of said indebtedness they were the owners, as tenants in common with Elizabeth Sumpter, of certain lands in…
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