Wilmington Trust Co. v. General Motors Corp.

Richards, Chief Justice,

delivering the opinion of the court:

It is admitted that the court is called upon to determine in this case the plain question of fact of what was intended by the original complainant, Charles B. Holladay, and understood by his brother, William W. Holladay, and his said brother’s wife, Fannie P. Holladay, when the General Motors common stock which is the subject of this litigation was transferred to them.

There is no better way to consider this question than to take up what transpired between the parties step by step and thus ascertain what the real purpose and intention…