Ciarlo v. Ciarlo

The plaintiff alleges in his bill of complaint that in April, 1912, he purchased a tract of real estate with his earnings, and “with no money or consideration furnished by the” defendant, “who was then his wife;” that the conveyance was in the name i of both the plaintiff and the defendant as joint tenants, with the “understanding that if at any time subsequent to acquiring said property,” the plaintiff “should request her ... to transfer to him all her right, title and interest in said property, she would do so.” It was understood “between the parties . . . that the defendant should take…