Brackett v. Larrivee

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

The parties to this appeal are brother and sister. When their father died intestate in 1975, they inherited as tenants in common some 70 acres of farmland together with farm buildings in the Gag Corner area of Gorham. It was not until 1986, however, that the sister first learned she was a half owner of the real estate. On this appeal the brother challenges only the factual finding of the Superior Court (Saga-dahoc County, 1 Brodrick, J.) that when the brother paid all the taxes on the property from 1976 through 1987, he intended to make a gift to his sister of her half…