Cunningham v. Williams
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Lincoln Circuit Court, in Chancery. Hon. X. J. Pindall, Circuit Judge. The proof that Mary Williams furnished the means to pay for the property, and that she was indebted to Robert, and caused the title to be made to him, does not support the allegation in the answer, of a purchase with the means of Robert Williams.
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APPEAL from Lincoln Circuit Court, in Chancery. Hon. X. J. Pindall, Circuit Judge. The proof that Mary Williams furnished the means to pay for the property, and that she was indebted to Robert, and caused the title to be made to him, does not support the allegation in the answer, of a purchase with the means of Robert Williams. Marshal v. Green, 81¡, Ark.; 1 Whit-taker, N. Y. Frac., ¡¡91; Sanford, 665. Contends that the evidence fairly shows that James P. Williams was insolvent or in failing circumstances; that he furnished the means to buy the land, and that the conveyance was taken to bis…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
In June, 1876, James P. Williams bought of one Ilamby three acres of land, and took a conveyance to himself and his sister, Mary Williams. In November of the same year he bought of the same vendor nine acres adjacent, and the deed to the three acres never having been recorded, was surrendered and destroyed, and Hamby executed a deed for the twelve acres to Robert Williams, brother to James P. and Mary. The entire consideration was §231.25, of which $20 were paid in money and the remainder in goods. The evidence tended to show, and the ■court below found as a fact, that the store out of which…
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