Ackerson v. Elliott
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Dykeman, J., entered September 25, 1915, in favor of the defendants, in an action for equitable relief, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
This action was commenced in the superior court for King county by Mrs. S. Louise Ackerson against J. S. Elliott and wife, seeking recovery and reconveyance to her of a fifty-acre tract of land in that county near Seattle, which she claims was acquired from her by J. S. Elliott under such circumstances as to constitute him a trustee holding the title thereto in trust for her, and also seeking an accounting for the rents and profits of the land. After the commencement of the action and the filing of the answer, verified by J. S. Elliott in person, he died, leaving his wife surviving him, who…
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