Legal Opinion
Hudak v. Procek
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided June 17, 2002No. 416, 2000PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVeasey, Chief Justice
(for the majority).
The issue before the Court on this appeal is whether or not the decision reached by the Court of Chancery after trial was based on findings of fact that are clearly erroneous or not the product of an orderly and logical deductive process. The trial judge found that the evidence rebutted the legal presumption that when parents provide funds for the purchase of property in the name of their daughter they intend a gift to the daughter. The trial judge also found that the complaint was not barred by laches.
The Court of Chancery imposed a resulting trust in favor of the…
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