Lofland v. Croman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

This was an action to set aside a deed executed and delivered by plaintiff to defendant and also to set aside a mortgage on the land described in the deed, which mortgage was executed and delivered by defendant to plaintiff, and to bar defendant of all title or interest in the land on the ground that the transaction described by plaintiff created a trust in the land in favor of the plaintiff.

The petition was first challenged by a motion to make definite and certain. The principal purpose of that motion was to make the petition disclose the…