Stiefvater v. Stiefvater

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

This case is to establish and enforce a parol trust appended to a deed absolute on its face. It may be said, without reciting the evidence, that we concur in the finding of fact of the chancellor that:

The appellee, Mrs. Amelia S. Stiefvater, is the widow of William George Stiefvater, and the appellant, William B. Stiefvater, is the son by a former marriage. For some time before January, 1926, the deceased had been engaged regularly in bootlegging in connection with a restaurant which he and his wife conducted in Louisville. In .that month…