Legal Opinion
Branca v. Branca
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided March 17, 1982PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal concerns whether lenders (parents) should be granted an equitable lien upon real estate purchased by borrower (their son) for the amount of their otherwise unsecured loan after the real estate was placed in joint names with his spouse-to-be.
The lending parents (plaintiffs) appeal the Court of Chancery’s denial to them of any relief (legal or equitable) against their son’s former wife, Maria (defendant), concerning a transaction found by the Court to have been a loan, not a gift, by the parents but to have been made solely to their son, Raffaele. 1
The Court found the parents had…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Fulp v. FulpSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
- Tucker v. Prevatt Builders, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1959
- Merchants Mutual Insurance v. Newport HospitalSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1971
- Glen Falls Indemnity Co. v. GoldenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Sherman v. Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1943
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3Cited by12 opinions
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