Henry v. Goodwin

George Rose Smith, Justice.

The appellants, as the surviving children and sole heirs of Lois Thompson Henry, brought this suit to quiet their title to an 87.29-acre tract of land in Union county. The principal defendant is the appellee Alta Goodwin, who conveyed the land to the plaintiffs’ mother, Mrs. Henry, in 1973 by a warranty deed and later by what amounted to a correction deed. The chancellor, finding that the effect of the deeds was to create an express trust in favor of Mrs. Goodwin, dismissed the appellants’ complaint. For reversal the appellants contend, first, that no trust was…