Johnson v. Bee
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mercer County. Suit by Pearl McCreery Johnson and others against I. E. Bee and others. From a decree dismissing the bill on final hearing, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
POFFENBARGER, JUDGE :
The decree complained of dismisses, on final hearing, a bill filed for enforcement an alleged express executed trust in real estate, founded upon a valuable consideration.
The relationship of the parties is unquestioned. If there is such a trust as is set up and claimed in the bill, the plaintiffs are entitled to the benefit thereof. They are the heirs at law of M. H. Lacey who departed this life intestate prior to the year 1865, and, at the date of his death, owned a tract of land in Loudoun County, Virginia, containing 160 acres. On his death, the title to this land…
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