Owens v. Williams.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Acttok by T. E. Owens and others against Edward Williams and others, beard by Judge O. II. Allen and a jury, at September Term, 1901, of the Superior Court oí SampsoN County. From a judgment for the plaintiffs, the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtFurches, C. J.
This is an action to declare and enforce a parol trust. The record discloses the following facts:
In December, 1886, the land in controversy was sold under execution, as the property of E. B. Owens, by the Sheriff of Sampson County, when Henry E. Faison, became the purchaser at the price of $150, this being the amount of the judgment under which it was sold. Faison manifested a willingness to reconvey the land to Owens upon the payment to him of the amount ho had paid, to-wit, $150. But Owens, not having the money to redeem his land, applied to the defendant, Edward Williams, who was his…
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