Karren v. Rainey
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Cache County,; J. E. Chides-ter, Judge. Action by Hyrurn Narren against Telitha Dean Nainey. George Narren intervened. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff and intervener appeal. APPELLANT'S POINTS. Mere words of gift do not constitute a gift.
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Appeal from District Court, Cache County,; J. E. Chides-ter, Judge. Action by Hyrurn Narren against Telitha Dean Nainey. George Narren intervened. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff and intervener appeal. APPELLANT'S POINTS. Mere words of gift do not constitute a gift. (14 A. & E. Enc. of Law, p. 1041; Thompson v. Bay, 92 Ga. 285; Anderson v. Scott, 94 Mo. 687.) A court of equity will not enforce a parol gift of land on account of improvements of an insignificant or temporary character or trivial expenditures made to suit the donee’s taste or convenience. (Burris v. Landers, 114 Cal.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCAHTY, J.
There is a sharp and irreconcilable conflict in the evidence on all material points, and questions of fact raised by the issues. Nespondent testified: That at a wedding reception given her and her husband, Fred Narren, on October 11, 1893, Hyrum Narren, plaintiff herein, came and spoke to her as follows: “Well, Litha, I didn’t bring a wedding present to-night. My wedding present to you and Fred is forty acres of land in Lewiston. I gave the other two boys forty acres of land, and that will be my wedding present to you and him.” That about two weeks later, and after she and her husband had…
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