Higginbotham v. Boggs
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond; Edmund Waddill, Jr.,'Judge. Suit by Jessie Boggs and others against Fannie W. Higginbotham, substituted in the place o,f Nancy J. Bright. From a decree for complainants (222 Fed. 714), defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The issue in this case is whether the appellant, Dannie W. Higginbotham, holds the legal title to a tract of land of 335 acres in Henrico county, Va., as her own property, or as trustee of a resulting trust in favor of the heirs of William M. Mc-Gruder. The decision of the District Court was in favor ,of the complainants, claiming one-eighth interest as grandchildren of a deceased sister of McGruder. The bearing of the documentary evidence will be made clearer by setting it out in chronological order.
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