Holland v. Bank of Italy National Trust & Savings Ass'n

In this action the plaintiff seeks to recover $11,500 which he claims Marie Bruton Teeter was holding in trust for him. The plaintiff claims that he lived with Mrs. Teeter for some five years before her death, although they were never married, and that in September, 1927, he handed her $11,500 to keep for him. For some considerable time before her death Mrs. Teeter was running three hotels in Los Angeles. She went to a hospital for an Speration in April, 1928, and died a few days later. Prior to going to the hospital she assigned certain insurance policies to the plaintiff, made her will, and…