Edwards v. Hillier
Edwards v. Hillier
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
The evidence is insufficient to establish an adverse possession by the defendant, Hillier for the time required by law to perfect his title, and so the chancellor held, in which conclusion we concur. We also concur with him in the view that no sufficient evidence appears by reason of which Mrs. Edwards should be estopped from asserting her title to the land sued for. The attorney of Hillier, to whom the settlement of the controversy between Hillier and G-. W. Edwards was intrusted, and who paid the purchase-money for the lands, and received the conveyance from Gr. W. Edwards, testified in this cause that he knew that Mrs! Edwards then claimed to own the land. Why, under such circumstances, he accepted a conveyance from Gl. W. Edwards, is not explained. But Hillier is certainly bound .by the notice which was given to his agent and attorney. The mere fact that a part of the purchase-money went to discharge an incumbrance on the land executed by her, the payment being made by her husband, does not estop her to claim the land. The extent of the right of the purchaser, Hillier, if any, would be to secure subrogation to the claim of the mortgagee, whose debt was paid; but this relief is affirmative in its nature, and there is no cross-bill in the cause under which it could have been awarded by the court.
Upon the appeal of Mrs. Edwards, the decree must be reversed. By his conveyance to Hubbard, the trustee for Mrs. Edwards, Gr. W. Edwards attempted to convey the entire interest in the land. There -was a misdescription as to the range in which the land lies, but this was corrected by a decree of the chancery court before Gr. W. Edwards conveyed the land to Hillier. If it be true that, when he made the con
The decree is affirmed on the appeal of the defendants, and reversed upon that of the complainant.
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- D. E. Edwards v. William Hillier
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- 1. Vendor, and Vendee. Bona fide purchaser. Notice to attorney. A purchaser of land, having a bond for title, is chargeable with notice of an adverse claim thereto received by his agent or attorney who files for him a bill for specific performance, and who pays the purchase-money, and procures the deed. 2. Estoppel. Void sale by trustee. Discharge of incumbrance. Where a husband, having conveyed land to a trustee to hold in trust for his wife,' afterwards, under alleged authority from the trustee, makes an unauthorized sale thereof, the mere fact that he applied a part of the purchase-money to discharge an incumbrance on the property made by the wife, will not estop her to recover the land. 3. Chancery Pleading. Affirmative defense. Gross-bill. Subrogation. In such case, the extent of the purchaser’s right, if any, is subrogation to the claim of the incumbrancer, but, on a bill by the wife to cancel his claim, the right to subrogation, being affirmative, must be asserted by cross-bill. 4. Conveyance op Land. Subsequently acquired title of grantor. Estoppel. Where one, owning only an undivided interest in land, conveys it by a ' deed purporting to pass the entire interest, and afterwards acquires the interest oí his co-owner, the title thus acquired inures eo mshmti to his grantee; and it makes no difference that his deed to the purchaser contained a misdescription of the land, this having, meantime, been corrected by. decree.