Mollison v. Rittgers

— In 1880 the deceased delivered to her son, the defendant herein, certain notes and securities which he has cared for by collecting and reloaning, save that distributed prior to' the time of her death in April, 1905. Plaintiff, as the administrator of her estate, prays for the value of the property then delivered with accumulations, while defendant contends that deceased constituted him a trustee for her five children, directing him to divide among said children. The evidence shows that on March 15, 1887, he paid out of the funds so obtained $134 to each of his sisters and a brother, and…