Gallagher v. Rogan

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

Within the week preceding her death, Mary Dolan transferred substantially all of her property to defendant, her niece. The administrator of her estate subsequently instituted the present suit in equity to compel reconveyance to the estate. The chancellor denied the relief sought and dismissed the bill. This appeal followed.

The facts and circumstances of the transfer are not disputed. Mary Dolan was seventy years of age when she died on September 19, 1935, following an unsuccessful surgical operation. Arrangements for the operation were made on September 10. On…