Legal Opinion

Colton v. Wade

Court of Chancery of Delaware

Decided April 9, 1953Published

1Opinion of the Court

95 A.2d 840 (1953)

COLTON et al.

v.

WADE.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

April 9, 1953.

Louis L. Redding, of Wilmington, for plaintiffs.

H. Albert Young, of Young & Wood, Wilmington, for defendant.

SEITZ, Chancellor.

Plaintiffs seek to impress a constructive trust upon the home real estate owned by the defendant and her husband as tenants by the entirety until August 30, 1950 when the defendant shot and killed him. Plaintiffs are the administrator and the only heirs at law and next of kin of the deceased. In denying defendant's motions to dismiss and for summary judgment this court has…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Bantum v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1952
  2. Colton v. WadeCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1951
  3. State v. StevensonDelaware Court of Oyer and Terminer · 1936
  4. State v. PhillipsDelaware Court of Oyer and Terminer · 1936
  5. State v. GalvanoDelaware Court of Oyer and Terminer · 1930

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