Caprum v. Bransford Realty Co.

The bill in this cause was filed by complainant, a colored man, against the defendants Bransford Realty Company and Mrs. Lucy Crafton, to set up a parol trust and beneficial ownership in a house and lot in the City of Nashville, and to enjoin an unlawful detainer proceeding in the circuit court.

The defendants answered and denied all allegations concerning a parol trust, and denied all agreements out of which a parol trust could arise, and denied that complainant had any interest in said property. They pleaded the Statute of Flauds, and defendant Realty Company pleaded that it was a bona-fide…