VINCENT v. CORBETT

No. 90.

94 S.E.2d 329 (1956)

244 N.C. 469

Thurman VINCENT and wife, Marlon Dunn Vincent v. Eva M. CORBETT and husband, F. S. Corbett.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

September 19, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberts & Stocks and L. W. Gaylord, Greenville, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Albion Dunn and Louis W. Gaylord, Jr., Greenville, for defendants, appellees.


DEVIN, Justice.

In Gaylord v. Gaylord, 150 N.C. 222, 227, 63 S.E. 1028, 1031, this Court stated the pertinent principle of law in these words: "Upon the creation of these estates [parol trusts], however, our authorities seem to have declared or established the limitation that, except in cases of fraud, mistake, or undue influence, a parol trust, to arise by reason of the contract or agreement of the parties thereto, will not be set up or ingrafted in favor of the...

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