Patton v. Chamberlain

We have not been brought by the evidence in this case to the conclusion reached by the judge of the Superior Court. We are convinced that the testimony of Francis *6J. Chamberlain is truthful, and that it defeats the complainants’ case.

From this evidence it appears that, some twelve years or more ago Chamberlain’s first wife caused to be conveyed to him an eighty acre lot of land in St. Joseph county, which she had purchased with money received from her father, on a trust declared orally, that he would hold the same for their infant daughter, then six years of age or thereabouts. This the wife…