Harmon v. Schmitz

At the close of the evidence in this case, the trial court peremptorily instructed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendants in error. The correctness of this action is dependent upon a proper answer to the question: Did the evidence adduced, present a question for the determination of the jury as to whether Arthur Cannon in his lifetime made a valid parol gift of the property in controversy to his sister, Mrs. R. D. Harmon, one of the plaintiffs in error?

Some seventeen years ago Cannon married. He lived with his wife, the defendant in error, who is now Mrs. J. F. Schmitz, about…