Domage v. Simpson

THOMAS, J.:

The appellant sought in the chancery court a decree declaring that his daughter and his son-in-law, appellees, held in trust for him certain real estate and stocks alleged to have been transferred to them (in the case of the stocks) and received by them (in the case of the real estate) for the sake of convenience, all having been purchased by the appellant with his own funds. The defendants claim that the stock, except two issues which they aver the plaintiff never owned, and the real estate were outright gifts.

We have pursued the evidence to determine whether the chancellor…