Smith v. Strahan
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Colorado. Tried before the Hon. Nelson H. Hunger. Suit by Watkins L. Smith, commenced Sept. 12th, 1853, against William H. Strahan, for the partition of certain four hundred acres of land among the heirs of Delilah Strahan, the deceased wife of said William. The other heirs, being three children of said Delilah and William, were made defendants. The plaintiff had married a fourth child, since deceased, leaving a child since deceased.
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Error from Colorado. Tried before the Hon. Nelson H. Hunger. Suit by Watkins L. Smith, commenced Sept. 12th, 1853, against William H. Strahan, for the partition of certain four hundred acres of land among the heirs of Delilah Strahan, the deceased wife of said William. The other heirs, being three children of said Delilah and William, were made defendants. The plaintiff had married a fourth child, since deceased, leaving a child since deceased. The three other children, made defendants, two of them being minors and appearing by guardian, joined in the plaintiff’s prayer for the partition. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Hemphill, Ch. J.
It is a general rule, that the trust of a legal estate, whether taken in the names of the purchaser and others jointly, or in the names of others without that of the purchaser, whether in one name or several, whether jointly or successively, results to the one who advances the purchase money ; and this is in strict analogy to the rule of the common law, that where a feoffment was made without consideration, the use resulted to the feoffor. (2 Story, Eq. Sec. 1201 ; 2 Cox, 92 ; 1 Leading Cases in Equity, p. 188.)
But there are exceptions to this rule, as well established as *321the…
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