Ex parte Trenholm
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Thomson, J., Charleston, June, 1880. The opinion states the case. The Circuit decree, omitting its statement of.the petition, was as follows: The case was referred to the master, Hon. W. D. Porter, who, upon examination, held that a trust resulted in favor of the petitioner, and so reported.
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Before Thomson, J., Charleston, June, 1880. The opinion states the case. The Circuit decree, omitting its statement of.the petition, was as follows: The case was referred to the master, Hon. W. D. Porter, who, upon examination, held that a trust resulted in favor of the petitioner, and so reported. The case comes before the Circuit ■Court upon exceptions to the master’s report, filed by Christopher F. Hampton, administrator and creditor of George A. Trenholm, by judgment in the United States Circuit Court. This judgment was recovered in June, 1869, against George A. Trenholm individually and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McIyer.
F. H. Trenholm, by this petition, asks that he may be allowed to intervene in the cause above *132stated, which was a proceeding for the settlement of the estate of George A. Trenholm, under which the lots of land hereinafter referred to have been sold as part of his estate, for the purpose of setting up a resulting trust in the petitioner, and claiming one-fourth of the proceeds of the sale of said lots. The facts upon which this claim is based do not seem to be disputed, and the real controversy is as to the proper legal conclusion to…
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