Jones v. Bodley, Exr.

HARRINGTON, Chancellor:

Rhoda E. Jones filed a bill against Harley R. Bodley, executor of the estate of William Fortner, deceased, seeking to impress a resulting trust on a bond and mortgage for $3500.00, in which Fortner was the mortgagee. Shortly thereafter, with the plaintiff’s consent, the mortgage was paid to the defendant executor, and the principal fund, together with $84.50 accrued interest thereon, was deposited in bank to his account. After a hearing, this court found that the fund secured by the mortgage belonged to Rhoda E. Jones, and on November 1, 1944, entered a decree in her…