 | William Johnson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1837 - 678 pages
...parties, without any consideration appearing. Bunn v. ttïnthrop, 1 JCR 329. 460. A voluntary deed of settlement, fairly made, is always binding in equity upon the grantor, unless there is clear and decisive proof, that he never parted, or intended to part, with rli r possession of the... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Chancery - Equity - 1847 - 732 pages
...speaking of a voluntary settlement, upon a daughter, which was found in the possession of the grantor; "It is always binding in equity upon the grantor, unless...intended to part, with the possession of the deed ; and even if he retains it, the weight of authority is decidedly in favor of its validity, unless there... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1850 - 712 pages
...operative as a voluntary settlement. A voluntary settlement, fairly made, is always binding in equity, on the grantor, unless there be clear and decisive proof...intended to part, with the possession of the deed. And even if he retains it, the weight of authority is in favor of its validity, unless there be circumstances... | |
 | Asa Kinne - Courts - 1852 - 736 pages
...OF VOLUNTARY SETTLEMENTS. 1. What effect is given to voluntary settlements as against the grantor t A voluntary settlement, fairly made, is always binding...unless there be clear and decisive proof that he never intended to part with the possession of the deed ; and if he retains it, there must be circumstances... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1847 - 824 pages
...adjudged by Chancellor Kent, in the case of Souverbye v. Jlrden, 1 Johns. Ch. R. 256, where he says: "A voluntary settlement fairly made, is always binding...be clear and decisive proof that he never parted, or intended to part with the possession of the deed, and even if he retains it, the weight of authority... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1848 - 660 pages
...that if they arc fairly made are always binding in Equity upon the grantor, unless it appear clearly that he never parted nor intended to part with the possession of the deed; and unless other circumstances besides his retaining its possession show that it was not intended to be... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 618 pages
...1. So far as Presley Walker was concerned, the dehvery was complete. Bryan v. Wash, 2 Gilm. 568. 2. A voluntary settlement fairly made is always binding in equity upon the grantor, and the presumptions of law arc all in its favor. Sowerbye v. Arden, 1 Johns. Ch. 256 ; Clavering v.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 732 pages
...B., if he accepts of it, and it shall be intended that C. took the deed for him as his servant. ... A voluntary settlement, fairly made, is always binding...intended to part, with the possession of the deed ; and even if he retains it, the weight of authority is decidedly in favor of its validity, unless there... | |
 | Emory Washburn - Real property - 1868 - 670 pages
...retained by the grantor in his possession until his death." And in the other case, the court say: " A voluntary settlement fairly made is always binding in equity upon the grantor, unless there be a clear and decisive proof that he never parted nor intended to part with the possession of the deed."... | |
 | Law - 1886 - 546 pages
...contrary to that appearing upon the face of the deed. Thus, in Souverbye v. Arden, Chancellor Kent says: "A voluntary settlement, fairly made, Is always binding...there be clear and decisive proof that he never parted or intended to part with the possession of the deed; and even if he retains it the weight of authority... | |
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A voluntary settlement fairly made, is always binding in equity upon the grantor, unless there be clear and decisive proof that he never parted, or intended to part with the possession of the deed, and even if he retains it, the weight of authority is... 
