Johnson v. Krassin

It is alleged in the complaint that the plaintiff, by defendant’s permission, purchased, in defendant’s name, a town lot for two hundred and fifty dollars, paying seventy dollars thereon, and taking a contract of purchase in defendant’s name, upon defendant’s promise to hold the lot in trust for plaintiff, and to transfer the same to him when requested. It is further alleged that the defendant executed in duplicate the contract of purchase, and that he refused to deliver and *118assign the same to plaintiff when requested; and that in disregard of his promise, and without the consent or knowledge…