CRAWFORD v. CRAWFORD

Messrs. Simpson, Cooper Rabb, for appellants, cite: The conveyance showing an intention to convey under the power should be enforced: 59 S.C. 292; 26 S.C. 218; 2 Hill Ch., 168; 29 S.C. 72. Messrs. Ferguson Featherstone, contra, cite: Agent may not deny title of his principal: 1 Ency., 1091; Story on Ag., sec. 9; 2 Bail., 464; 68 Am. Dec., 398. Deed may be set aside as a fraud against creditors, but hold good as between the parties: 14 Ency., 273; 12 Rich. Eq., 108; 2 Hill L., 496; 68 S.C. 378. How improvements must be made to take a case out of the statute of frauds: 3 Pom. Eq. Jur., sec. 1409; 21 S.C. 480; 29 S.C. 72. Resulting trust cannot spring from an agreement: 19 S.C. 135; 17 Wall., 59. Proof necessary to establish resulting trust: 2 Pom. Eq. Jur., sec. 1040; 32 S.C. 595; 6 S.C. 102; 19 S.C. 135. Deed to sister imperfectly executed: 1 Rich., 504; Sug. on Pow., 205; Story on Ag., secs. 148, 150; Martindale, sec. 246; 1 Ency., 1038; 1 Bail., 519; 1 Hill, 155; 2 S.C. 428; 19 S.C. 292; 27 S.C. 316. Terms of sale are violative of power conferred: 1 Ency., 1003, 1005, 1009, 1010; Dev. on Deeds, sec. 370; Martindale, sec. 237; 51 S.C. 366; 3 Pom. Eq. Jur., sec. 959; Perry on Trusts, secs. 194, 206; 3 Sandf. Ch., 60; 1 Johns. Ch., 394; 5 Paige, 656; 2 Johns. Ch., 252; 37 Mo., 560; 1 Story Eq., 322; 100 Am. Dec., 304; 5 Paige, 649; 36 N.J., 174; 22 N.Y., 349; 11 Paige, 26; 1 Sandf. Ch., 569; Perry on Trusts, sec. 195. Wife should not purchase: 70 S.C. 240; 6 Ves., 625; Pom. Eq. Jur., secs. 958, 959.