Simmons v. Stevens

Counsel

Messrs. John Gary Evans and J.A. Sawyer , for appellants, cite: No presumption of a gift: 107 S.C. 464 ; 52 S.C. 373 ; 24 S.C. 273 ; 101 S.C. 382 ; 6 S.C. 216 ; 106 S.C. 478 ; 21 Cyc., 1299, 1300, 1392-2; 5 S.C. Eq., 250; 34 S.C. 401 ; 56 S.C. 170 . Purchaser of trust estate with knowledge takes it subject to trust: 100 S.C. 220 . Trustee must account: 100 S.C. 52 . And trust fund may be claimed where traced: Rich. Eq. Cas. 175; 26 S.C. 386 ; 2 Pom. Ewp. Jur., Par. 1076; 13 Ch. Div., 696; 104 U.S. 54 . Burden of proof is on trustee: 39 Cyc. 532, 536; 55 S.C. 456 . Husband was agent for wife: 17 S.C. 329 ; 31 S.C. 436 ; 35 S.C. 42 ; 101 S.C. 381 . Messrs. Nicholls Nicholls and I.A. Phifer , for respondent, cite: Presumption of ownership from possession: 107 S.C. 464 . Presumption that husband received rents by consent of wife: 2 S.C. 122 . Relation of child and father as close as that of man and wife: 2 McC. Eq. 430. Claim is stale: 35 S.C. 554 . Family arrangements will not be disturbed by Courts: 32 S.C. 263 .