Crane v. Esmond

The findings of fact made by the trial court in this case so far as they relate to contested matters are really conclusions of law. However, the court filed an opinion in which is stated the factual basis of its decision. That part which is material is as follows:

“The father is dead, his lips are sealed, there is no one to speak for him with reference to what took place in 1917 when the deed was executed and delivered to Ray Esmond to the west 52 acres, but actions sometimes are more convincing and more persuasive of what actually occurred than words. From the action of the parties after 1917…