Orcutt v. Gould

Plaintiff, when a child of eleven years, began living with Mrs. H. N. Sherman. At that time the child had two hundred and fifty dollars deposited to her credit by her father in a savings bank in the city of Stockton. Thereafter at various times Mrs. Sherman persuaded the child to draw the money from the bank in small sums, until finally it had all passed into the possession of Mrs. Sherman. When the plaintiff had arrived at the age of twenty-five years or thereabouts Mrs. Sherman died. This action was then brought against her executor for the purpose of having a trust declared against her…