Johnson v. Johnson

This is an appeal" from a decree entered by the circuit court of Cook County in favor of the plaintiffs, John Edwin Johnson and Hannah Elizabeth Johnson, his wife, against the defendants, John Emor Johnson and Mildred Johnson, his wife, and the registrar of titles of Cook County, impressing a parcel of real estate in the city of Chicago with a resulting trust and directing a conveyance to plaintiffs. Since a freehold is involved, the appeal has been perfected to this court.

In April, 1942, the disputed property, which consisted of a lot in a new subdivision upon which a modest dwelling was…