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...Chicago. Mrs. Marion Felix Jones brought a rare equity action known as quia timet (because he fears) against her wealthy rubber-making father, Benjamin Bates Felix. At the start of hearings before a Master in Chancery which may drag on two years, Mrs. Jones testified that she is afraid she will not receive property valued at $500,000 orally promised by her grandfather because her father is under the domination of his second wife. Mrs. Jones is suing now to establish the oral promise as a constructive trust, before her father's death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Quieting Fears | 5/24/1937 | See Source »

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