Alfred Henry Lionel Leach, C.J.

1. The appeal arises out of an originating summons issued on the Original Side of this Court at the instance of the respondent. There are two questions involved. The first question is whether there was a valid gift of movable property. The second question is whether a trust was created, if there was no gift. The respondent is the sole executor and trustee of the will and codicil of Ethel Mary Chambers, deceased, who was the first wife of George Alexander Chambers, deceased, who was the sole proprietor of a business known as The Chrome-Leather Company. It will be convenient to refer to Ethel Mary Chambers as the testatrix and to George Alexander Chambers as the testator. The testatrix died on the 23rd March, 1924 and the testator on the 16th November, 1937. The first appellant is his third wife and she and the second and the third appellants are the executors and trustees of his will and codicil. The fourth appellant is the son of the testator by his second wife, who predeceased him. The Chrome Leather Company had a leather business which was carried on some 12 miles from Madras, and the testator invested a large amount of capital in it. The ba