Ellis v. Mynes

Lively, Judge:

The plaintiffs are the children of A. T. Mynes, defendant, and seek in this suit to extract from him the legal title to 214 acres of land situated in Putnam county. These children claim the land under a parol contract by which the father purchased the land for them and after it was paid for took the title thereto. The decree appealed from granted the children the relief prayed for in their bill and found that A. T. Mynes, the father, held the legal title for the sole use and benefit of the children who are decreed to be the equitable owners of the land and entitled to the legal…