Samuelson v. Ingraham

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment quieting title in defendant to two parcels of real property. The issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in refusing to im pose a constructive trust upon said property in favor of appellant.

Facts: Prior to December 1952 appellant was the owner of a parcel in Richmond improved with a house (hereafter “San Luis Avenue property”) and of an unimproved parcel in Pleasant Hill (hereafter1 2‘Bonnie Lane property”).

On December 1, 1952 appellant executed and delivered a quit-claim deed of the San Luis Avenue property to one Stevens. On December 13, 1952…