Peele v. . Leroy

Tbe principle tbat a trust may be created by a declaration contained in a separate instrument, or in several instruments, other than tbe deed conveying tbe legal title, provided they have sufficient relation to each other and construed together evidence such trust, is generally recognized. 65 C. J., p. 262, et seq.

Counsel for tbe defendants, appellees, do not dispute tbe proposition tbat tbe deed to Grace C. LeRoy and tbe agreement signed by her and her husband were simultaneously made and in law must be regarded as constituting tbe same transaction; but they do contend tbat, so considered,…