Gibson v. Decius

Defendants in error filed a bill, against plaintiff in error, to establish their title to and have partition made of the tract of land in controversy. Plaintiff in error denied all right or title of defendants in error in the land, and resisted a partition. Defendants in error claim that the land was conveyed to plaintiff in error in payment of attorneys’ fees due to them and plaintiff in error for services rendered in a law suit, in which they were all retained by Mrs. Wakefield during its progress, and that he held it in trust for them, to the extent of their respective fees; but plaintiff…