Bengoechea v. Bengoechea

WALTERS, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment imposing a trust upon real property which had been conveyed before the grantor’s death. The beneficiaries of the trust are the same persons who otherwise would have received the property under the grantor’s last will and testament. We affirm.

Approximately one year before his death in 1977, the grantor, Victor L. Bengoechea, conveyed title to two parcels of real property to his son and daughter-in-law, Melvin and Shirley Bengoechea. It is undisputed that, at the time of the conveyance, Melvin told his brothers and sister that the transfer…