Russell v. Miller

Complainant has brought this suit to establish his right *2to an undivided two-thirds interest in certain tax-title purchases in Portsmouth, Bay county, which he alleges were made by defendant, Albert Miller, on behalf of the firm of Bussell, Miller & Co. (in which complainant and Lyman Crowl were his partners), but which, it is claimed, Miller took in his own name, in fraud of his partners, and has since so disposed -of that the other defendant, his wife, who now holds the title, is bound by the original equities.

The case relied upon by the bill, is one of fraud and implied trust, and it sets…