Neel's v. Noland's Heirs

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Miller

Affirming. •

In this action the appellants, who are the executors- and devisees of Bettie Neel (formerly Mary Elizabeth Noland), are seeking to establish a resulting trust, in their favor, to a farm of 200 acres, in Shelby County. The facts upon which the claim is based are wide in range and nebulous in character. Substantially, they are as follows:

- In May, 1858, Pearce Noland, a prosperous young planter, living near Vicksburg, in Warren County, Mississippi, married Mary E. McGaughey, of Shelby County, Ky. They immediately went to live upon his…