Holmes v. Vigue

In this equity appeal, plaintiff is the appellant. Ultimate question, on the pleadings, proofs, and exhibits, was the ownership of certain bonds, savings bank books, stock certificates, a promissory note, and an annuity contract, in the possession of the executor of a will. The plaintiff contended that these represented or would produce, sundry accumulations of moneys, which, at odd times, over a period of years, he had delivered to the testatrix (his wife,) prior to her death, in 1931, in trust. On the part of the defense, it was submitted that direct evidence and reasonable inferences…