Ables v. Ables

OPINION OE THE COURT BY

STAINBACK, J.

The petitioner brought a bill in equity against the respondent, his former wife, she having divorced him. The bill prays that equity declare a resulting trust in favor of the petitioner and against the respondent with respect to an automobile which he had purchased and registered in her name as the legal owner when she was his wife.

The petitioner claims that the transfer of legal title to his wife, the respondent, did not constitute a gift of the automobile. His testimony is that the transfer was made simply to keep peace in the family. The respondent…