Hooker v. Axford

Cooley, Oh. J:

The case of the complainant is, that in the month of August, 1861, his wife Margaret, who was the owner of a lage amount of real estate, being desirous of devising the same to him, but having in mind certain pecuniary transactions which might cause him serious difficulty, sent him to consult the defendant Crocker as to the proper method of securing her property to complainant without the risk of its being seized by others, and that under Crocker’s advice the property was all devised to the defendants on an oral understanding that they should hold the same for complainant’s use.…