Mays v. Jackson

This action involves title to one acre of improved real estate in Ripley county. The petition is in two counts. The first seeks to establish a resulting trust and to have title divested from defendant and vested in plaintiff. The second count is in ejectment to recover possession of the premises. Both counts, one in equity and one at law, were tried before the court in one hearing, without the aid of a jury, and judgment was entered on each count for plaintiff. After motion for new trial had been filed and overruled, the defendant appealed.

[1] The abstract of the record sets out the original…