Moore v. McKelvey

Lewis, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff seeks in this action to establish ownership, through a resulting trust, of a one-half interest in a house and 47 acre tract of land, the title to which is held in the name of the defendant, her former husband. The Master, to whom the cause was referred, held that plaintiff established her claim and recommended that the property be sold for an equal division between the parties, after giving defendant credit for mortgage payments of $3,000.00 made by him after the parties separated. The lower court disagreed with the Master’s recommendation and held that the…