Moore v. Moore

The circuit court of Hancock County dismissed a complaint to establish a resulting or constructive trust at the close of the plaintiff’s case, and he appeals.

Herman H. Moore, the plaintiff, is a son of Jessie Moore West. The defendants are Calvin B. Moore and Kathryn V. Moore Bender, his brother and sister. In 1941, Jessie Moore West bought the property in question. She paid the entire purchase price, but the deed ran to Jessie Moore West, Calvin B. Moore and Kathryn V. Moore, “not as tenants in common, but as joint tenants, so that upon the death of one the entire fee simple shall vest in…