O'Neil v. Greenwood
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeals from Ionia; Moore, J., presiding. Separate bills by Lavalette O’Neil and Nancy Calista Warner against Levi M. Greenwood, administrator of the estate of Lewis Willey, deceased, and others, to enforce a trust. From a decree for the complainant in each case, defendants appeal. No particular form of words is necessary to create a trust. It may be inferred from the facts and circumstances surrounding the transaction.
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Appeals from Ionia; Moore, J., presiding. Separate bills by Lavalette O’Neil and Nancy Calista Warner against Levi M. Greenwood, administrator of the estate of Lewis Willey, deceased, and others, to enforce a trust. From a decree for the complainant in each case, defendants appeal. No particular form of words is necessary to create a trust. It may be inferred from the facts and circumstances surrounding the transaction. If such a purpose is- shown on the part of the donor, that is sufficient. Perry, Trusts. § 132; Eilis v. Secor, 31 Mich. 185; Cummings v. Corey, 58 Mich. 502; Chadwick v.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcGrath, C. J.
Lewis Willey, grandfather of Lavalette O’Neil and the father of Galista Warner, died suddenly, May 11,1893, aged 77 years. He had, in 1891, been troubled with la grippe. In the early part of January, 1S92, he had called in a physician, and in the course of that illness he was informed that he was liable to sudden death. Trior to January 29, 1892, he had conveyed to his children all of his real estate. He had three grandchildren, — Vernon and Fay Willey, sons of Lewis Bradley Willey, and Lavalette O’Neil. He had conveyed a farm, estimated to be worth in the neighborhood of $4,000, to Vernon…
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