Starkweather v. Jenner

The appellant, George B. Starkweather, was the owner of a, parcel of unimproved land known as the Crescent Heights, in Washington, D. C., composed of two contiguous lots, one of seven and the other of three acres. In January, 1892, pursuant to a plan arranged between himself and certain persons associated with him, and styled herein the syndicate, he conveyed this tract to defendants Croissant and Johnson, as trustees, for the benefit of the persons who should contribute to the purchase price, as tenants in common, in the share and proportion in which they respectively contributed,' with…