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Abstracts, Katharine Loomis Apr 1945

Abstracts, Katharine Loomis

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The abstracts consist merely of summaries of the facts and holdings of recent cases and are distinguished from the notes by the absence of discussion.


Resulting Trust-Statute Of Frauds-Advance Of Purchase Money In Exchange For Transferee's Promise To Furnish A Life Home For The Payor, Craig E. Davids S. Ed. Jan 1944

Resulting Trust-Statute Of Frauds-Advance Of Purchase Money In Exchange For Transferee's Promise To Furnish A Life Home For The Payor, Craig E. Davids S. Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff, an illiterate sharecropper, advanced money to purchase an eighty acre farm, record title being taken in the name of defendant and wife with whom plaintiff had been living for more than a year pursuant to an agreement that defendant was to furnish plaintiff with a home for life. The arrangement worked satisfactorily for more than thirty years, during which time the premises were improved and a mortgage discharged by plaintiff. Defendant then remarried and the friction which followed was climaxed by defendant ordering plaintiff off the premises. Suit was filed in equity, under an Oklahoma statute to have defendant …


Gifts - Marriage And Divorce - Restitution Of Gifts Given In Contemplation Of Marriage, Michigan Law Review Dec 1939

Gifts - Marriage And Divorce - Restitution Of Gifts Given In Contemplation Of Marriage, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff became engaged to Loretta Burns in 1914 and gave her a diamond ring. This engagement was ended in 1917 and the ring returned. A period of estrangement followed. In 1921, plaintiff gave her a dinner ring, in 1926 a wrist watch, in 1927 an onyx ring, in 1928 a diamond ring. Each gift was given on Christmas Eve. Loretta died in 1935, leaving defendants as heirs and next of kin. Plaintiff filed a suit in replevin and later a declaration in trover and conversion for these gifts. Held, after concluding that the evidence warranted a finding of an …