Chard v. O'CONNELL

EDMONDS, J., pro tem.

The judgment from which the defendant Daniel F. O’Connell appeals was rendered in an action brought against him by his sister, for a share in money alleged to have been received by him in trust.

According to the allegations of the complaint the defendant received the sum of $28,000 from his mother, Mary J. O’Connell, in trust, to be held by him during the lifetime of his mother and thereafter to be divided between her five children. The trial court found that defendant received the money under an assignment made by Mrs. O’Connell of her interest in the estate of her…