Everett v. Drew

This is an action of contract, and the substantial allegations of the plaintiff’s declaration are, that the defendants made an arrangement with Elijah C. Drew that he was to buy a parcel of land, to take the deed in his own name, and to execute a declaration that he held it in trust for the defendants, to pay a part of the consideration with money furnished by the defendants, and to give his own note and mortgage back for the balance thereof. The declaration also alleges that Drew *151purchased land of the plaintiff’s wife and other persons; that he paid therefor $10,000 with money furnished by…