Snelling v. Utterback

OPINION of the Court, by

Judge Boyle.

-The appellees, who were complainants in the court below, claim, as coheirs with the appellant to their mother, Elizabeth Snelling, deceased, six sevenths of fifty .acres ef land, which they allege was purchased by tile appel*610lant, with fh& money of their ancestor, and in trust Fot" her ; but that instead of taking the conveyance to her, he fraudulently took it to himself.

The appellant, in his answer, denies that the purchase was made for his mother, or that the money which was paid therefor belonged to her.

The court below decreed that the appellant should…