Greear v. Paust

Loring, Justice.

This was a suit to recover $21,875 and interest, upon the theory that the defendant, with constructive notice of the fact that certain Canadian lands were held in trust for the plaintiff, had purchased the same from plaintiff’s mother, subject to an outstanding contract for deed to the Moose Mountain Fur Ranches, Ltd. and had received $21,875, the contract price, from that company when it fulfilled its contract and took title to the land. The case was tried to the court without a jury, and this appeal is taken from an order denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial after…