Vick v. Gower

Complainant, Mrs. Vick, and the defendant, Gower, were husband and wife. In 1887 she obtained a divorce, and since has contracted a marriage with her present husband and co-complainant, Thos. Vick. Luring her marriage to Gower, he conveyed to her, by deed,* a life interest in a certain house and lot. Several years afterwards, and in 1884, she reconveyed to him this interest. The present bill was filed in 1891 to cancel her deed and recover possession.

The first ground upon which this relief is asked is that her reconveyance was without consideration, and upon false and fraudulent promises and…