Lee v. Lee

This was a proceeding on the part of the respondents, who were the widow and children of A. Lee, deceased, against Giles Lee, the appellant, and brother of A. Lee, to obtain a conveyance of the legal title of several parcels of land from the appellant, Giles Lee, which, it was alleged, he held in trust for his deceased brother, having purchased the same with his money, and at his instance and request. The lands, it seems, belonged to A. Lee, deceased, and were sold under an execution against him, and bought in for him by his brother, the appellant. The answer sets up the defence, that the…