Barron v. Janney

The primary question posed by this appeal is whether the conveyance of a parcel of land to a child by parents who had held title thereto as tenants by the entirety constituted a gift or was an advancement.

The chancellor—on a bill in equity filed by John R. Janney, Jr. (son) 1 against Harriet G. J. Barron (daughter) to require her to elect whether she would take and treat as an advancement the lot or parcel of land (known as the “school house lot”), conveyed to her by the parents of both of them, and to surrender to the son all right, title, interest and claim in and to the remainder of the…