Jenkins v. Pye
Supreme Court of the United States
ON'appeal from -the circuit pourt-of the United States of the District- pf Columbia, for the county of Alexandria., In the circuit court, the appellees, filed their bill against John J. Jenkins, and Mary, the wife of Robert Morrow, children of George Jenkins by a second wife; the said George Jenkins having died on the 8th-day of April, 1831; to set aside.a certain deed execüted by Eleanor Jenkins, who'was the daughter-of George Jenkins and the mother of the complainants, and…
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ON'appeal from -the circuit pourt-of the United States of the District- pf Columbia, for the county of Alexandria., In the circuit court, the appellees, filed their bill against John J. Jenkins, and Mary, the wife of Robert Morrow, children of George Jenkins by a second wife; the said George Jenkins having died on the 8th-day of April, 1831; to set aside.a certain deed execüted by Eleanor Jenkins, who'was the daughter-of George Jenkins and the mother of the complainants, and who died in 1818. George Jenkins had first intermarried with Mary Arell, who,- as one of the heirs of - Richard Arell,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
This case comes up on appeal from the circuit court of the District of Columbia, for the county of Alexandria. The appellees were the. complainants in the court below; and as heirs at law of their mother, Eleanor Jenkins, filed their bill, by their father, James B. Pye, as next friend,.to set aside a deed given by their mother, to George Jenkins, her father, bearing date the 15th of March, 1813.- The' bill charges, that the deed was made wholly without consideration,, and operated only to create a resulting trust in favour of the grantor and her heirs; and if their claim cannot be sustained…
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