Richardson v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Jefferson Circuit Court, in Chancery. Hon. F. J. Wise, Special Judge. 1. It is admitted that the full amount of the decree in favor of the Scull estate against Richardson and the Ashleys, was due and owing by the Ashleys, and that no part of the same was due or owing by Richardson, he having paid his full half of the purchase money. 2. That the Ashleys were to pay the same before they could get their title to the lands. 3. That the contract between Richardson and…
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APPEAL from Jefferson Circuit Court, in Chancery. Hon. F. J. Wise, Special Judge. 1. It is admitted that the full amount of the decree in favor of the Scull estate against Richardson and the Ashleys, was due and owing by the Ashleys, and that no part of the same was due or owing by Richardson, he having paid his full half of the purchase money. 2. That the Ashleys were to pay the same before they could get their title to the lands. 3. That the contract between Richardson and the Ashleys, under which the Ashleys were to obtain title to the lands—if any such contract was made—was based upon the…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
1. Resulting Trust.
This was a petition for dower in eight 72-iooth acres of land. The defense was that the petitioner’s husband, Benjamin F. Richardson, was never beneficially seized of the premises, but held the legal title in trust for those under whom the defendant claimed. The cause was transferred to equity, and was there determined adversely to the widow.
The land is parcel of a tract of eight hundred acres, which Richardson and William E. and Henry C. Ashley purchased for their joint account in 1856, making their joint notes for the purchase money, and receiving a bond for title. It was…
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