Mayo v. . Staton

This was an action for the recovery of real estate, the decision of which was submitted to the court upon a case agreed. On 7 March, 1885, the defendant, Felix Staton, executed two promissory notes to the payees therein named, and for the purpose of securing payment thereof he executed to W. H. Johnston, Esq., a deed conveying the locus in quo, which was duly recorded in the office of the register of deeds of Edgecombe County, upon the following trust: "To have and to hold said land (671) unto said W. H. Johnston, his heirs and assigns, in special trust, however, to hold the same for the uses…