Gunstone v. Walker

Upon the theory that a resulting trust arose by reason of the following alleged facts, this action was brought to compel the defendants to execute to the plaintiffs a quitclaim deed for an- undivided one-half interest in a parcel of real property used as a dumping ground:

John Grunstone and James E. Walker orally agreed to purchase from the Olympia Brewing Company a tract of land. It was understood that each of the parties was to have an undivided one-half interest in the property; that Grunstone’s payment of one-half of the purchase price would be effected by cancellation of Walker’s…