Purcell v. Robertson

Maxwell, Judge:

The question here for decision is whether there was lawful release of two judgments which had been obtained in favor of a trust estate. On final hearing on the merits, the bill of the trustee, challenging the releases and seeking their cancellation, was dismissed by the trial court. The trustee prosecutes this appeal.

The plaintiff, McDaniel Purcell, is trustee of an estate in trust created by the last will of Gerard C. Ricketts, deceased. Purcell succeeded John G. Ricketts who had succeeded the original trustee, Ella R. Wiley.

Under date of May 15,1925, a certain lot of land,…