Deed of Gift from Wife to Husband—Delivery—Record after Death —Opinion as to Revestiture of Title—Evidence.—Where a deed of gift from a wife to her husband was acknowledged and actually delivered unconditionally by her to him, the fact that he did not record it until after his wife’s death, without omitting it at her request, but failing to do so merely from the erroneous opinion that if he should die first she could destroy the deed, and thus revest herself with title, has no pertinency to the issue as to the delivery of the deed; and evidence was not admissible to show that she took the deed with that understanding.

Id.—Delivery not Affected by Subsequent Bills for Taxes.—After the delivery of the deed the rendering of subsequent bills for taxes for two years, by a real estate firm of which the husband was a member, to the wife, without proof that she paid them, or that the husband personally knew of such bills, is not a circumstance of material importance on the question as to whether title had passed, and the payment of them by her could in no event affect the legal value of the previous delivery of the deed.

Id.—Fire Insurance Policy in Name of Wife.—The taking out of a policy of insurance in the name of the wife after the delivery of the unrecorded deed, on which the husband paid all the premiums, could not affect the validity of the title passed by the delivered deed, whatever effect it might have upon the validity of the policy.

Id.—Deed of Trust for Loan—Execution by Husband and Wife— Provision for Reconveyance to Wife—Husband not Estopped.— Where the husband applied in his own name for a loan, and joined with his wife in executing a deed of trust to secure the same, the fact that the deed of trust provided, in case of full payment of the loan, for a reconveyance to the wife, “her heirs and assigns, at her request and costs,” does not estop the husband from denying that she was the owner of the property.

Id.—Cessation of Trust—Rights of Owner—Enforcement of Deed— Void Trust to Convey to Wife.—Upon payment of the loan in full the trust ceased and the property belonged to the husband as owner, who could enforce a deed to clear ,his title. The trust to convey to the wife, who was not the owner of the property, was void, and could not be enforced by her.