Haskill v. . Freeman

The plaintiff alleges he held a bond on the defendant Freeman to execute title to certain lots of land on the payment of the purchase money; that he paid the purchase money and directed (586) Freeman to make the title to the other defendant, Lisk, in trust for the separate and sole use of the plaintiff's wife and her children; and that the defendant Freeman executed a deed to the defendant Lisk for that purpose, but owing to the ignorance or mistake of the draftsman the deed is inoperative, because it sets out no consideration to raise the use upon which the statute can operate, so as to pass…