Steagall v. Steagall
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of 'Washington county, rendered October 6, 1887, in two chancery causes heard together wherein Mrs. M. E. Steagall was complainant in the first, and A. J. Steagall, Jr., was defendant; and in the second, W. F. Barr & al. were the complainants, and said A. J. Stea-gall, Jr., was defendant. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtHiNTON, J.
These causes were by a decree of the circuit court of Washington county heard together.
But the only controverted question in the cases arises be*74tween Mrs. Mary E. Steagall and the creditors of her husband, and that is whether the tract of 63f acres of land in the proceedings mentioned is the land of her husband, from whom she has been divorced, or whether there is a resulting trust in her favor. Such a trust arises when an estate has been purchased in the name of one person aud the purchase money or consideration has been paid by another.
In' such cases the presumption of law is that the party…
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