Patton v. Patton

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Hughes,

The plaintiff filed this bill in equity to have the defendant declared a trustee ex maleficio, claiming:her deceased husband had fraudulently transferred to the defendant certain personal property, in violation of her rights, under a treaty of marriage existing at the time of said transfer.

The chancellor found the facts to be that Estella Patton and Thomas Patton were married November 1, 1929, and resided together until August 6,-1931, when Thomas Patton left his home in Armstrong County and went to Nebraska, and from there to California, where he died November…