Bronson v. Gillan

MR. JUSTICE CASTLES:

This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendants. Plaintiffs sought to impress a trust upon an 87% percent interest in oil and gas leases that were entrusted to Gillan, one of the defendants, under a declaration of trust; or, in the alternative to have a judgment for damages in lieu thereof for the reasonable value of their interest in the leases under the trust.

The record is a somewhat voluminous one, 790 pages, but in the view of this court, the fact situation can be much simplified. Essentially for the purpose of this opinion the facts are these. Plaintiffs Bronson…