Pittman v. . Pittman
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a civil ACTION, tried before Boykin, J., at Pall Term, 1889, of Halifax Superior Court. Only so much of the facts need be repeated as is necessary to-an understanding of the opinion of the Court. On the 7th of October, 1871, Jno.
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This was a civil ACTION, tried before Boykin, J., at Pall Term, 1889, of Halifax Superior Court. Only so much of the facts need be repeated as is necessary to-an understanding of the opinion of the Court. On the 7th of October, 1871, Jno. B. Pittman, the plaintiff, conveyed the land in controversy to R. W. Pittman, and on the 18th of November, 1871, the said R. W. Pittman executed the following document: “ENfield, Halifax County, N. C., November 18, 1871. “ To J. B. Pittman, Parish of La Fourche, Louisiana. “Dear Brother: — The property I bought of you the seventh day of October, 1871, for…
1Opinion of the Court
Shepherd, J.:
The plaintiff seeks the equitable aid of the Court for the purpose of having the defendant declared a trustee for his benefit, in respect to a certain tract of land of which the defendant is legally seized in fee.
It appears that on .the 17th of October, 1871, the plaintiff, upon the apparent consideration of five hundred dollars, conveyed the land in question to R. W. Pittman,who devised it to the defendant in this action.
The evidence in support of the alleged trust consists of two unsealed paper-writings, one signed by R. W. Pittman, the grantee of the plaintiff, and the other…
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