Supreme Court of Delaware

A surviving mother rebutted the legal presumption, that her purchase of property with her late husband was intended as a gift to their daughter, and equitable relief was not barred by laches, thus a resulting trust in favor of the surviving mother was properly imposed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/17/2002
• Published 06/21/2002

Judges

• VEASEY, Chief Justice (for the majority)., Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, HOLLAND, BERGER, Justices, and HARTNETT, Justice (Retired) , constituting the Court en banc.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David J. Ferry, Jr., Esquire (argued) and Rick S. Miller, Esquire, Ferry & Joseph, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Laraine A. Ryan, Esquire, Hockessin, Delaware, for Appellee.