Dixon v. Dixon
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Mobley, Justice.
The court did not err in overruling the general and special demurrers of the defendant.
The allegations in the petition as amended, to the effect that defendant would take the property, operate the farm, pay it out of debt, and then reconvey it to petitioner and her children, would be an attempt to assert an express trust by parol, and engraft it on a deed, which cannot be done. Jones v. Jones, 196 Ga. 492 (1a) (26 S. E. 2d 602); Pantone v. Pantone, 202 Ga. 733 (2) (44 S. E. 2d 548). But the 'allegations of the petition as amended are sufficient to allege inceptive fraud, as…
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