Legal Opinion

Stephens v. Daly

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided January 5, 1920No. 3217PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Bill by Alice V. Daly against Francis H. Stephens, executor and trustee, and Dorothea Stephens, by Robert L,. Williams, guardian ad litem. Decree for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. Plaintiff dying pending the action, Cornelius T. Daly, her executor, was substituted in her place.

1Opinion of the Court

ROBB, Associate Justice.

In 1890 Alice V. Daly and her daughter, Ida May Daly, purchased, premises No. 922 T Street, Northwest, in this city, as tenants in common. The purchase price was $6,000, of which $4,500 was paid in cash. For the next 19 years they shared equally either in the use of the property when occupied by them as a home or in the net rents and profits during the time it was under lease. *1010In 1909 the mother conveyed her interest or equity to the daughter; the consideration being an agreement by the daughter to provide a home for her mother, with her or at some other place of tire…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Chase v. . PeckNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
  2. Price v. HobbsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1877
  3. Russell v. RobbinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Keister v. CubineSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
  5. Abbott v. SandersSupreme Court of Vermont · 1907

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. In Re Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
  2. Van Sickle v. KeckNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1938
  3. Fain v. Irving Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
  4. Tucker v. WarfieldCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
  5. Van Sickle v. KeckNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1938

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