Hoffner v. Hoffner

The hill was filed by Mrs. Nellie C. Hoff-ner against her former husband Walter B. Hoffner and his nephew George Hoffner, Jr., to enjoin a sale of Number 2228 McCalla Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee, which the bill alleged defendants held in trust for complainant by reason of an oral representation that the property had been purchased for complainant’s benefit. The Special Chancellor overruled a demurrer filed by defendants relying on the Statute of Frauds, Code Section 7831, and after a hearing adjudged complainant entitled to the property. From a decree divesting title out of defendants and…