Thorndell v. Munn

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

Plaintiff, as personal representative of the estate of Mary Ellen Kirkwood (hereinafter called decedent), and as residuary legatee under her will, filed a bill in equity to set aside a transfer of certain bank stock, constituting, in value, about five-sixths of her estate, made by her to defendant more than six years before her death, and at no time repudiated by her. The chancellor advised that the bill be dismissed, but the court in banc, the chancellor dissenting, decreed as prayed for, and defendant appeals.

The nature of the principal differences of fact…