Cox v. Gibson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

Plaintiff brought this action against her sister-in-law to impress and enforce $,n implied trust on a considerable estate devised to defendant by her late husband, David Gibson, brother of plaintiff.

David’s will was made in 1908, about eleven years before he married defendant. He died in 1925. His will devised all his property to his “legal heirs,” and as he had no children the defendant assumed possession as beneficiary and also as administratrix with the will *77annexed, and in due time David’s estate was settled and the administratrix…