Carpenter v. Davis

This was a bill, filed by the guardian of defendants in error, to have a trust declared and enforced, in their favor, for eighty acres of land. It appears that their,, mother, Diana Carpenter, had been previously married to one James M. Davis, their father; that prior to his death he made his will, bv which he devised to their mother forty acres of land, to hold in fee, as also ten acres in another tract. Mrs. Davis subsequently intermarried with plaintiff in error, Alva Carpenter. As the fruits of the first marriage, three children were born. Alva and his wife sold the forty acre tract…