Sasser v. Sasser
Supreme Court of Georgia
Husband and Wife. Trusts. Gifts. Equity. Liens. Practice in Superior Court. Cross-bill. Evidence. Compromise. Practice in Supreme Court. Before Judge Clarke. Early Superior Court. April Term, 1884. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
The main purpose of the bill filed in this case was to trace certain funds of the wife into land purchased by the husband, and to have an account of the dealings between them, arid a decree for the amount found to be due from him to her. Without taking this account, from the character of the dealings between them, it would have been impracticable, if not impossible, to attain the object for which the bill was filed. That equity had jurisdiction to fix the trust on land into which the wife’s money had gone, and to declare her lien upon it, is undeniable ; and it is equally clear…
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