Fairfield v. Medeiros

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

MIZUHA, J.

The principal question raised by this appeal is whether there is sufficient evidence to support the imposition of a constructive trust on a leasehold estate assigned by plaintiff-appellee, James Guy Fairfield, to defendants-appellants, Clara Texeira Medeiros and Alvin Emory Medeiros.

Defendant Alvin Medeiros and plaintiff first became acquainted in 1951 or 1952 when plaintiff’s construction company hired defendant Medeiros to do hauling work. For approximately four years plaintiff and defendant Alvin Medeiros had been together constantly and practically…