Harrod v. McComas
Harrod v. McComas
Opinion of the Court
On September 26, 1905, Eleanora Miles, widow, and W. K. McComas entered into a written agreement, by which she conveyed and assigned to him certain personal property in trust, to pay to her during her natural life the income derived therefrom, and in case the income should prove insufficient for her support then to pay to her so much of the principal as she might deem necessary, and at her death to pay the expenses of her last sickness and funeral, erect a monument, the cost of which should not exceed $250, and then pay over the balance re
We agree with the plaintiff that the transaction did not constitute a gift inter vivos nor causa mortis, and that the instrument was not testamentary. But we hold that it created a complete and executed trust. It is thought that every question raised by the plaintiff is disposed of adversely to his contention in the opinion in Miles v. Miles, ante, p. 382, and therefore the judgment is affirmed.
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- T. H. Harrod, as Administrator, etc. v. W. K. McComas
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- Title and Owneeship — Trustee•—Administrator. A written agreement held to have created a complete and executed trust, and in an action by the grantor’s administrator to recover the proceeds a judgment for the defendant was affirmed.