Bailey v. Bailey

Plaintiff filed Ms bill of complaint to “impress a trust, either express, implied, constructive or resulting, as the court shall find, upon the record title” of certain real estate or to secure specific performance of a claimed oral agreement “whereby this plaintiff was to receive the legal title to the premises.” Prom decree dismissing his bill of complaint, plaintiff appeals.

In 1909, plaintiff’s mother, Anna J. Bailey, owned the farm property here involved. Her husband died leaving her with four minor children, the plaintiff, Tom Bailey, then 16 years of age, defendant Prances, age 18,…