Swain v. Moore

Seitz, Vice Chancellor:

This is an action by a transferor seeking to recover money and property which he transferred to the defendants.

A chronological narration of the facts as I find them commencing in 1947 will best serve to point up the problem. At that time plaintiff was about 73 years of age. His wife died in the latter part of 1947, and while he had several children and grandchildren, as well as a brother and sister, he chose to live alone in his home in St. Georges. In January of 1948 he was seriously ill. After leaving the hospital, he lived with his brother and later with a daughter.…