Taliaferro v. Heirs of Taliaferro
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Chancery Court of Montgomery. The bill was field by the plaintiff in error, for title to a tract of laud. It alleges that one Thornton Taliaferro was the guardian of complainant, and in that capacity, acted for him, for about nineteen years previous to the foil of 1840, and during all that time, had the charge and control of his estate.
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Error to the Chancery Court of Montgomery. The bill was field by the plaintiff in error, for title to a tract of laud. It alleges that one Thornton Taliaferro was the guardian of complainant, and in that capacity, acted for him, for about nineteen years previous to the foil of 1840, and during all that time, had the charge and control of his estate. That about that time, bo purchased for complainant a tract of land, which is described, at $7,000, and put him in possession thereof. That he purchased the land for him on account of his indebtedness to him as guardian, and with the understanding…
1Opinion of the CourtOrmond, J.
The statute of frauds not being pleaded, or relied on in the answer, we are to mqure whether the case made by the bill, is sustained by the proof.
The substance of the bill is, that Thornton Taliaferro acted as the guardian of the complainant, for about eighteen years, having had the slaves of complainant in his possession, and having also received several sums of money on account of complainant, from the administrator of his father. That being indebted to complainant in a large sum of money, he purchased for him a tract of land, and put him in possession, but took the title in his own name.…
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