McCullen v. Durham

The trial court properly rejected the testimony of Maurice Durham under the well established rule of law that an express trust resting in parol cannot be engrafted in favor of the grantor upon a warranty deed conveying to the grantee an absolute and unqualified title in fee. Poston v. Bowen, 228 N. C. 202, 44 S. E. (2) 881; Loftin v. Kornegay, 225 N. C. 490, 35 S. E. (2) 418; Briley v. Roberson, 214 N. C. 295, 199 S. E. 73; Penland v. Wells, 201 N. C. 173, 159 S. E. 423; Waddell v. Aycock, 195 N. C. 268, 142 S. E. 10; Perry v. Surety Co., 190 N. C. 284, 129 S. E. 721; Blue v. Wilmington, 186…