Smith v. McWhorter

Citations

• 74 Miss. 400

Syllabus

<p>Tenants in Common. Purchase by one. Innocent party.</p> <p>A tenant in common wlio purchases the joint estate under a deed of trust will hold the same as trustee for all the tenants; but adult co-tenants, with knowledge or sufficient information to charge them with knowledge, must elect within a reasonable time, to hold the purchaser as a trustee, otherwise, those who acquire rights in the property from him in good faith will be protected.</p>