Gray v. Jordan
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On APPEAL. Upon the hearing in the court below on bill, answers and testimony, a decree was made dismissing the bill; and the plaintiff appealed. The facts in the case as stated in the decree are as follows: "Lemuel D. Jordan was formerly the owner in fee of the land described in the bill. In November, 1880, Benj. F. Gray, the complainant, went to Mr. Lemuel D. Jordan and negotiated for the purchase of the land.
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On APPEAL. Upon the hearing in the court below on bill, answers and testimony, a decree was made dismissing the bill; and the plaintiff appealed. The facts in the case as stated in the decree are as follows: "Lemuel D. Jordan was formerly the owner in fee of the land described in the bill. In November, 1880, Benj. F. Gray, the complainant, went to Mr. Lemuel D. Jordan and negotiated for the purchase of the land. Mr. Gray and Mr. Jordan agreed upon the terms of the pui'chase and conveyance. The price fixed was $200. Nothing appears to have been paid down at the time. The deed of conveyance was…
1Opinion of the CourtHaskell, J.
Bill in equity by a husband against the administrator and heirs-at-law of his deceased wife, to declare a resulting trust in his favor of a farm purchased by him and conveyed to his wife.
*144The bill was dismissed below, and the cause comes up on appeal. The presiding justice who tried the cause below, found the following facts: "I find therefore that Mr. Gray [the plaintiff], sometime after the conveyance to Mrs. Gray, paid her notes given for the land out of his own money, and that he did this in pursuance of an original intention. I further find that he did not intend the conveyance or the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Boyd v. M'LeanNew York Court of Chancery · 1815
- McDonough v. O'NielMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Bourke v. CallananMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
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- Haliday v. HalidayCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1926
- Yetman v. HedgemanNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1913
- In re FossDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1906
- Wood v. LeGoffSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1956
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