Morgan v. Wright

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

Headnote 1 requires no elaboration.

The petitioner alleges that he and the defendant, who was a married woman, were engaged to be married and in contemplation of that event and without other consideration he gave the ring here involved to the defendant. The petition, as amended, then alleges that thereafter the defendant informed petitioner that she had no intention whatsoever of marrying him. The prayers are (1) that the court of equity cancel the conveyance of the ring from petitioner to the defendant; (2) that the court of equity raise an implied trust, and through…