Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

64 N.C. 538

Whitehead v. . Whitehead

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided June 5, 1870

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1870-06-05

Civil action, tried before Cloud, J., at Spring Term 1870 of Rowan Court. The facts were, that on the marriage of the plaintiff with the defendant Marcellus, in 1846, her property was conveyed to her separate use; in Mardh 1848, a part of it was invested in lots in Salisbury, which, in April 1866, were sold, and the land, in question, purchased. This last was, by mistake, ‘'conveyed to the husband for his own use.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently December 1877

1 state decisions

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1870-06-05

View the full empirical analysis of this case →

Bead®, J.

¶1 It was not controverted that the trust fund,, held as of the separate estate of the plaintiff, was appropriated to purchase the land in question, and that it was. agreed that the deed was to be made to Thomas Whitehead in trust for the plaintiff; but, by mistake of the draftsman, it was made to Marcellus Whitehead without any declaration of trust. It is a well settled principle of *540 equity that the plaintiff has the right to follow the fund, and to have the legal owner declared a trustee for her.

¶2 The defendants, Henderson and Ennis, bought the land at sale under execution against Marcellus Whitehead the legal owner, with notice of the plaintiff’s equity, and, of course, they are bound by it. Indeed, as they can take nothing under the sale but the interest of the defendant in the execution, they would be affected by the equity, without notice.

¶3 There is no error. Let this be certified, &c.

¶4 Per Curiam;. ' Affirmed.

/64/nc/538 · .json · Public domain