Wilson v. Warner
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to establish title to real estate in the plaintiff, through an alleged oral trust agreement between himself and his wife, since deceased, and to enjoin the defendants, her administrator and heirs at law, from asserting any ownership therein, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where a demurrer to the complaint was overruled (Greene, J.) and the cause was afterward tried to the court, Burpee, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and…
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Suit to establish title to real estate in the plaintiff, through an alleged oral trust agreement between himself and his wife, since deceased, and to enjoin the defendants, her administrator and heirs at law, from asserting any ownership therein, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where a demurrer to the complaint was overruled (Greene, J.) and the cause was afterward tried to the court, Burpee, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The plaintiff purchased in 1889 land in Wolcott with his own money and caused the title to be taken in the name of his wife, upon the parol agreement with her, made prior to or at the time of purchase, that, on account of his own poor health and the probability that she would outlive him, the title should be placed in her, to be held by her in trüst for him, and on his request be conveyed to him at any time, and that he should enter into possession, pay the mortgage thereon and maintain and improve the property, and that if she should outlive him the title should vest in her at his decease.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Smithsonian Institution v. MeechSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Ward v. WardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1890
- Corr's Appeal From CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1892
- Wilson v. WarnerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
- Barrows v. BohanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1874
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