Powell v. Leonard

This cause was instituted on the equity side of the Circuit Court of the Middle Circuit, and was heard and determined by the Hon. J. "Wayles Baker, the Judge of said Court. The bill was filed by the appellant against the appellee, and the cause coming on to be heard upon demurrer, a decree was pronounced ordering the bill to be dismissed. From that decree this appeal has been taken.

The only question submitted for our adjudication, which it is material to consider, is whether the conveyance of the property as set forth in the bill can be sustained as a voluntary “ gift,” either “inter vivos”…