Shields v. Johnson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an action between a daughter and her father in which it was asked that certain funds should be declared a trust fund, held for plaintiff’s benefit, also for the specific performance of certain agreements, and if performance could not be had there should be a recovery of a money judgment. The court found *156the issues in favor of the defendant and rendered judgment in his favor, from which plaintiff appeals.

From the testimony and findings it appears that the land in question, an eighty.-acre tract, was purchased by Johnson in 1899,…