Moffitt v. Moffitt

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Schaffer,

Plaintiff, who is a stepson of defendant, seeks to have an oral trust impressed upon a one-half interest in certain real estate, now owned by defendant, and a decree directing her to.convey to him, such one-half interest, and to account for rents she has received. The chancellor entered a decree in plaintiff’s favor, which ivas affirmed by the court in banc, from which action defendant appeals.

Plaintiff is the son and only child of Albert C. Moffitt by his first marriage. Defendant was his second wife and is his widow. There was no child by the second…