Jacobs v. Mutual Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Greenville, April, 1899. Action on insurance policy by W. H. Jacobs against the Mutual Insurance Company of Greenville, S. C. From order of nonsuit plaintiff appeals. cite: Where one secures a conveyance to be made to himself through a verbal promise to hold the land in trust for the grantor or another, and after the conveyance has been made declines to be bound by the promise, equity will enforce the trust: 2 Rich.
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Before Townsend, J., Greenville, April, 1899. Action on insurance policy by W. H. Jacobs against the Mutual Insurance Company of Greenville, S. C. From order of nonsuit plaintiff appeals. cite: Where one secures a conveyance to be made to himself through a verbal promise to hold the land in trust for the grantor or another, and after the conveyance has been made declines to be bound by the promise, equity will enforce the trust: 2 Rich. Eq., 423; 1 H. & J., 430; 17 A. D., 338; 48 S. C., 195; 56 N. Y., 354. Where two parties enter into an oral contract for the sale or lease of lands, and where…
1Opinion of the Court
The 'Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
1 This is the second' appeal herein. The first question raised by t'he exceptions is whether his Honor erred in constrains: the former opinion, in this case. The Circuit Judge ruled that the Supreme Court had decided that the rights of W. H. Jacobs in the land were contained in the deed to his wife. By reference to the-former decision, 52 S. C., no, it .will be seen that the appeal was from a demurrer to the complaint, the second paragraph of which was as follows: “That W. H. Jacobs, about ten years ago, ‘being the owner in fee of the…
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