Loring v. Palmer
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR ' THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. This was a suit in equity brought by Charles H. Palmer, thei appellee, against Elisha T. Loring a'nd Charles A. "Welch, the' appellants, to obtain a conveyance of one undivided third part of the N. £ of the N. W. i, and of the N. W. £ of the S. W. £, sec. 23, T. 56, N. R. 33 W., Houghton County, Michigan, containing in all 120 acres, on the ground that the lands were bought from Thomas…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR ' THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. This was a suit in equity brought by Charles H. Palmer, thei appellee, against Elisha T. Loring a'nd Charles A. "Welch, the' appellants, to obtain a conveyance of one undivided third part of the N. £ of the N. W. i, and of the N. W. £ of the S. W. £, sec. 23, T. 56, N. R. 33 W., Houghton County, Michigan, containing in all 120 acres, on the ground that the lands were bought from Thomas F. Mason for Loring, Palmer, and William B. Frue, and the title taken by Loring in trust for himself and his…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
The question which meets us at the outset is whether the trust in favor of Palmer, on which the case depends, has been sufficiently established. A statute of Michigan provides that “ express trusts may be created'for any or either of the following purposes:
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“ 5. For the beneficial interest of any person or persons, when such trust is fully expressed and clearly defined upon the face of the instrument creating it,'subject to the limitations as to time prescribed in this title.” 2 Howell’s Ann. Stat. § 5573, p. 1448.. . \
The trust relied on is an express trust, and it relates to…
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