Moore v. Crawford
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. The case, as stated by the court in its opinion, was as follows: — Appellees, the widow ana ñeirs of John Monroe, deceased,! filed their bill against Nathaniel D. Moore and Helen Moore, to compel a conveyance of the one undivided sixth part of one hundred and sixty acres of mineral land in Ontonagon County, Michigan, which had been located by Nathaniel D. Moore,, under an agreement with…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. The case, as stated by the court in its opinion, was as follows: — Appellees, the widow ana ñeirs of John Monroe, deceased,! filed their bill against Nathaniel D. Moore and Helen Moore, to compel a conveyance of the one undivided sixth part of one hundred and sixty acres of mineral land in Ontonagon County, Michigan, which had been located by Nathaniel D. Moore,, under an agreement with James H. McDonald and John McKay, that Moore should have a one third interest in consideration óf his services in…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
Had the conveyance of McDonald and McKay, lodged in Yiele’s hands, been actually delivered to Moore, no questiofi would have arisen; but that deed having been suppressed or lost, when Moore subsequently induced McDonald and McKay to convey to his wife, for the avowed, purpose of avoiding the deed he had given Monroe, Moore’s wife being fully advised of the purpose and paying no consideration for the convey-, anee, the transaction must be regarded in equity as if McDonald and McKay had conveyed to Moore and Moore had conveyed to his-wife, she holding in trust for Monroe and his heirs one half…
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