Danser v. Warwick

The Vice-Chancellor.

The complainant is the widow of David C. Danser. She seeks to have a parol trust established and enforced against the defendant. She alleges that her husband, some months before his death, assigned the bond and mortgage in controversy to the defendant, upon a parol trust or understanding that he would forthwith, or by a short day, transfer them to her. The transfer to the defendant was intended to be merely a step in vesting her with title. The assignment to the defendant bears date February 1st, 1875, and Danser died on the 13th day of the following September. The bond…