Credle v. . Baugham
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Ward, J., December Term, 1909, of Beaufort. Tbis action is brought to convert the feme defendant into a trustee for plaintiff’s benefit in respect to a one-fourth interest in lot No. 22, Respass Town, Washington, N. 0., formerly the property of Anne Eliza Credle, now deceased, sold for partition, purchased by and conveyed to Oliver Credle, and conveyed ultimately through mesne conveyances to the defendant Mary A. Baugham. ' These issues were…
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Appeal by plaintiff from Ward, J., December Term, 1909, of Beaufort. Tbis action is brought to convert the feme defendant into a trustee for plaintiff’s benefit in respect to a one-fourth interest in lot No. 22, Respass Town, Washington, N. 0., formerly the property of Anne Eliza Credle, now deceased, sold for partition, purchased by and conveyed to Oliver Credle, and conveyed ultimately through mesne conveyances to the defendant Mary A. Baugham. ' These issues were submitted: 1. Does the defendant Mary A. Baugham hold the lands described in the complaint in trust for the plaintiff? Answer:…
1Opinion of the CourtBbowN, J.
The property in controversy belonged to Anne Eliza Credle, from whom it descended to plaintiff and her three other children, one of whom is Oliver Credle.
Plaintiff removed to Florida in 1889, and has resided in Florida ever since. He became of age in 1899. In 1892 Oliver Credle was appointed by tbe clerk of tbe Superior Court of Beaufort County as g-uardian of W. C. Credle, and duly qualified as sucb. On 10 January, 1894, an ex parte special proceeding was instituted in tbe Superior Court of said county by Charles F. Warren, attorney for petitioners, praying for a sale of tbe lot for…
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