Batson v. Etheridge

FOSTER, Justice.

The questions here involved primarily depend upon the claim by the administrator of the insolvent estate of a decedent of an equitable right to declare a trust in land purchased by one who was executrix of such estate and widow of decedent. The purchase was made by her of the land of said estate at a time when she was such executrix, and the sale was for taxes due upon said land. Her purchase was with .her own funds and was in the nature of a redemption by her. The bill indicates that the purchase at the tax sale was on her account by her son-in-law who after-wards deeded the…