Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Hitchens

Orphan's Court of Delaware

Decided March 31, 1920PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCurtis, P. J.

The case is one where George E. Hitchens, owning a farm, conveyed three and one-half acres, part thereof, to his son George E. Hitchens, Jr., in 1903 by deed not recorded until 1919, which was after the death of the grantor. At the death of the grantor there were two unsatisfied judgments in the Superior Court against him for the payment of money, one in favor of Frederick T. Warrington entered April 2, 1894, payable January 1, 1895, and the other in favor of Benjamin F. Gray entered December 7, 1907, payable on the same day. By virtue of the Statute more than ten years having passed since…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Dempsey v. PforzheimerMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Truitt v. CollinsSuperior Court of Delaware · 1899
  3. Cohen v. TuffSupreme Court of Delaware · 1913
  4. Raymond v. FarrellSuperior Court of Delaware · 1915

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Trader v. JesterSuperior Court of Delaware · 1938
  2. John Julian Construction Co. v. Monarch Builders, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1974
  3. First National Bank v. AndrewsCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1942
  4. Jacobs v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSuperior Court of Delaware · 1937

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