Couch v. Thompson

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

The bill in equity in this case avers that plaintiff and defendant are sisters, the only heirs and next of kin of their father, who deeded to defendant, for a nominal consideration, a valuable property in fee simple; that at the time of the conveyance their father was well advanced in years, suffering in mind and body, and in great fear of becoming financially embarrassed; that while the grant was “in form a deed of gift, it was not in fact a gift, but was intended_______merely to vest the legal title in......defendant......in trust for...... the grantor [to]…