Dillard v. Battle

Appellee brought this suit in equity against appellants to quiet title in himself to the town lots described in the complaint.

The object of the bill is to have a resulting trust declared in the lots which appellee,' as husband, had purchased, and, by fraud or mistake, the title to which had been taken in the name of his wife. The appellants claimed title under a will executed in their favor.

The chancery court granted the relief prayed for in the complaint, and quieted the title of the appellee in said lots, free from any right or title in the lots of appellants. The case is here on appeal.

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