Phelps v. Jackson

Walker, J.:

The appellant filed his bill in chancery in the Drew Circuit-Court against the heirs of William E. Conley, deceased, and James A. Jackson, the administrator of Conley’s estate, to set aside a sale of land made to the heirs under a decree of court, or to have half the land purchased by the heirs conveyed to him, as having been purchased by them under an implied trust for the benefit of the plaintiff, as well as for themselves.

Several of the defendants, in their answer, reserve the question of the sufficiency of the bill by demurrer; and others set up in their answer the statute bar…