Gee v. Gee
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Chancery Court at Fulton. Hon. Henry Dickinson, vice-chancellor. The appellant filed his bill in the court below for the recovery of the land in controversy, in which he alleged in substance, that be wished to give two of his sons a small tract of land each, and that with this view he attended the sale of the land in controversy, made by the administrator of one Pool, and purchased the same, with the understanding and agreement between his said sons…
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Appeal from the District Chancery Court at Fulton. Hon. Henry Dickinson, vice-chancellor. The appellant filed his bill in the court below for the recovery of the land in controversy, in which he alleged in substance, that be wished to give two of his sons a small tract of land each, and that with this view he attended the sale of the land in controversy, made by the administrator of one Pool, and purchased the same, with the understanding and agreement between his said sons and himself that if two settlements could be made on the land, it was to be divided between them. That he bid off the…
1Opinion of the CourtEisher, J.
The bill alleges that the complainant purchased at a sale under a decree of the Probate Court of Lowndes county, the land in controversy, in the name of his son Andrew; that the deed was accordingly made to him, and he gave his note with the complainant as security for the purchase-money; that the object of the purchase in this manner was for the complainant’s son Andrew, to have one-half of the land, and another son of the complainant to have the balance. The bill further avers that the complainant has since paid the purchase-money, and hence it is contended that a trust resulted to him.
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