Dudley v. Dudley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed December 17,1897, seeking to compel the defendant to convey to the plaintiff certain land held by her upon an alleged trust for him.
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Bill in equity, filed December 17,1897, seeking to compel the defendant to convey to the plaintiff certain land held by her upon an alleged trust for him. The bill alleged that the defendant, whose real name was Julia Sylvester, had lived with the plaintiff a great many years as his housekeeper, and had been paid by him for her services as such; that during that time, although no marriage had been solemnized between them, she had become known as Julia Dudley and as the wife of the plaintiff; that on December 10,1884, the plaintiff caused certain land situated in Winchester to be conveyed by…
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
The- whole record before us shows that the plaintiff’s contention to have a resulting trust declared in his favor rests upon the fact that in the year 1884 he caused the land to be conveyed to the defendant in consideration of a sum of $1,000 furnished by the plaintiff, and of a note and mortgage made by the defendant for the balance of the purchase money, amounting to $2,800, the plaintiff intending, and the defendant agreeing, but not in writing, that the title taken by the defendant in her own name should be held by her for the benefit of the plaintiff.
Upon this state of facts he has no…
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