Merrifield v. Clark

De Graff, J. —

The plaintiff alleges that, in 1912, he acquired title to the land in controversy by virtue of an oral gift to him from the defendant; that the plaintiff is a nephew of the defendant, and has lived with him since early childhood, and worked on the land described; that, at the time of said alleged oral gift, the said defendant told the plaintiff that it was his land, and directed him to move upon and take possession of the land as soon as the then existing lease had expired, which would be in the spring of 1913; that plaintiff, pursuant to said oral gift, moved upon said land, in…