Board of Trustees v. Odom
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of DeSoto county. TIon. I. T. Blount, Chancellor. Suit by the board of trustees of the M. E. Church South against Charles S. Odom. ■ From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals. The facts are as follows: The appellant was complainant in the court below, and the appellee was the defendant.
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Appeal from the chancery court of DeSoto county. TIon. I. T. Blount, Chancellor. Suit by the board of trustees of the M. E. Church South against Charles S. Odom. ■ From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals. The facts are as follows: The appellant was complainant in the court below, and the appellee was the defendant. The complainant filed a bill in chancery to remove as a cloud upon its title the claim asserted by the defendant, the only heir at law and residuary legatee of Mrs. Mary A. Stuart, deceased. The hill alleged that Mrs. Stuart, in her lifetime, had executed a…
1Opinion of the Court
Whiteield, C..
We have most carefully examined the various briefs filed by the learned counsel for appellant, and the authorities therein cited, and we are unable to see any solid ground on which to rest the contentions of the appellant. The two cases chiefly relied on by appellant as being directly in point are Schumacker v. Draeger, 137 Wis. 618, 119 N. W. 305, and Johnston v. Jickling, 141 Iowa, 444, 119 N. W. 746. But both these cases were. *70cases in which the alleged creator of the trust made to the grantees simply an absolute conveyance, not one syllable being said about a trust in the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Johnston v. JicklingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
- Schumacher v. DraegerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
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