Pritchard v. Williams
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Kerr, J., at the Fall Term, 1917, of CamdeN. This is an action instituted by the plaintiffs, the children of D. T. Pritchard and grandnephew and nieces of D. L. Pritchard, to establish a parol trust and to recover possession'of land. The defendant relies on the plea of the statute of limitations and laches. D. L. Pritchard was formerly the owner of the land described in the complaint, and on 2 January, 1886, he.executed a deed therefor to J. Gr.
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Appeal by defendant from Kerr, J., at the Fall Term, 1917, of CamdeN. This is an action instituted by the plaintiffs, the children of D. T. Pritchard and grandnephew and nieces of D. L. Pritchard, to establish a parol trust and to recover possession'of land. The defendant relies on the plea of the statute of limitations and laches. D. L. Pritchard was formerly the owner of the land described in the complaint, and on 2 January, 1886, he.executed a deed therefor to J. Gr. Hughes, and it is at this time and in connection with the execution of this deed it is alleged the parol trust was declared.…
1Opinion of the CourtAlleN, J.
The trust established by the verdict is that J. G. Hughes, the grantee in the deed of 1886, should hold the title in trust to convey the same to the wife of Joseph G. Hughes for life, and then to himself for life if he survived her, and then to Mary Elizabeth Hughes for life, with a remainder over in two-thirds of said lands to her children if any surviving her should live tó be 21 years of age, and in one-third to the plaintiffs; and if she, said Mary Elizabeth Hughes, should die without children her surviving who should live to be 21 years of age, then to convey the whole of said lands…
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- Yarborough v. Hughes.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
- Lynch v. JohnsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1916
- MacHine Co. v. Owings.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
- Black v. MillerMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
- Coxe v. . CarsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1915
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