Metcalf v. Hecker

In these actions, which were consolidated for trial, plaintiffs seek to establish a constructive trust and to quiet title to real property in San Diego County. Judgment was rendered that plaintiffs recover nothing against the defendant Frederick Henry Heeker and quieting title in him to the real property involved. Both plaintiffs appeal from the judgment.

On June 14, 1923, Elizabeth Metcalf was the owner of approximately 400 acres of land in San Diego county, including the 80 acres here involved, which is described as the east one-half of the northwest one-quarter of Section 28, Township 12…