Peoples First National Bank & Trust Co. v. Ratajski

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bok,

This is an action in equity for the restitution of real and personal property. The main allegation is the abuse of a confidential relationship between uncle and niece, and this was the chancellor’s basic finding.

The chancellor, Judge A. Marshall Thompson, died before exceptions to his adjudication could be disposed of. So did the plaintiff, in 1959, and his place on the record was taken by the corporate administrator, c.t.a. The chancellor found that defendant held the decedent’s property as constructive trustee and directed her to return all of it except certain…