Randolph v. Read
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Crittenden Chancery Court; Charles D. Frierson, Chancellor; 1. The deed to Frazer, as trustee, vested in him the title in fee simple with absolute and unrestricted power to sell and convey. An express trust was created, and, of course, no implied trust could arise. The use was not executed by our statute, as it has no application.
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Appeal from Crittenden Chancery Court; Charles D. Frierson, Chancellor; 1. The deed to Frazer, as trustee, vested in him the title in fee simple with absolute and unrestricted power to sell and convey. An express trust was created, and, of course, no implied trust could arise. The use was not executed by our statute, as it has no application. The beneficiaries looked upon Frazer as an active trustee with full authority to manage and control the estate, lease the lands and finally dispose of them and account to the beneficiaries only for the net proceeds, etc. This was not a mere passive…
1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys, J.
On the 23d day of January, 1915, a suit was brought in the Crittenden Chancery Court by the Standard Oil Company of Louisiana against Wm. M. Randolph et al. to quiet title to the following described real estate in Crittenden County, Arkansas:
“ Beginning at a stake at sections 11, 12, 13 and 14.' in township 6 north, and in range 9 east, running thence east along the north line of section 13, 77 feet to the point of intersection of that line with the west right-of-way line of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad Company (now called the Frisco lines); -thence southeasterly along the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Fletcher v. LyonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
- Dempsey v. DavisSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
- McDill v. MeyerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
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