SIMMONS v. STEVENS et al

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.