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Reports of Cases in the High Court of Chancery of Maryland 1846-1854
Volume 200, Volume 2, Page 24   View pdf image (33K)
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24 HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.
which time he not only made no attempt to enforce its pay-
ment, but made declarations to the effect that he had forgiven
his son the debt.
Cases of this description have no affinity with, and are to
be carefully distinguished from, purely voluntary contracts or
gifts inter vivos, or donations mortis causa, which cannot be
maintained, if the gift is imperfect, by the retention by the do-
nor, of the legal power and dominion over the subject. To
make a donatio inter vivos, or donatio mortis causa good,
there must be an actual delivery, according to the manner in
which the particular thing, the subject of the gift, is capable
of being delivered. If this is wanting, the gift is invalid, at
law and in equity.
Pennington vs. Gittings, 2 G. & J., 208.
But the case now under consideration, and all similar cases,
are placed upon the ground, that the transaction is exclusively
between the creditor and debtor, and in view of all the cir-
cumstances, that the intention of the creditor is clearly indica-
ted, that the debt should be forgiven, and released to the
debtor himself.
2 Story's Equity, section 706, (a).
Now in this case, I am quite convinced, that the father of
the complainant did intend to forgive and release his son from
the payment of this debt, and being so convinced, I consider
it my duty to decree the delivery up, and cancellation of the
bond, the evidence of that debt. But the case being against
an executor, who is acting simply in the proper discharge of
his office, the decree will be without costs.
E. HAMMOND for plaintiff.
J. S. TYSON for defendant.

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