Legal Opinion

Butler v. Welton

California Supreme Court

Decided July 9, 1872No. 3173Published

APPEAL from Twelfth Judicial District, San Francisco County.

1Opinion of the CourtWallace, C. J.

— In April, 1851, Merit Welton and Charles IT. Ingalls, by deed of that date, conveyed certain premises, of which the premises in controversy are a portion, to Roger S. Baldwin and Charles T. IT. Palmer, as trustees, upon the following trusts expressed upon the face of the deed, that is to say: First, that during the coverture of Elizabeth (wife of said Merit, one of the grantors) the trustees should manage and control the trust estate and pay the proceeds to said Elizabeth. Second, upon the said Elizabeth becoming discovert by the death of her said husband, Merit Welton to convey the estate…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Maclay v. LoveCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864
  2. Welton v. PalmerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1870

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