Davis v. Newton

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

This case involves an equitable action for injunctive relief and io confirm and specifically perform a parol gift of land, brought by the donee against the executrix of the donor and the devisees under the donor’s will, the petitioner claiming that the property therein described was an alleged gift to her by the deceased. The petitioner alleges that the property was given to her by her mother-in-law for love and affection in order to avoid the embarrassment of a lawsuit in which she was about to lose the property; that the daughter-in-law subsequently paid off the…