Mortell v. Beckman

Plaintiff, J. L. Mortell, appeals from a decree of the circuit court of Kankakee County which dismissed for want of equity his complaint to declare a constructive trust in certain real property purchased by defendant Louis E. Beckman. Joined as parties defendant were Elizabeth Beckman, his spouse, and Louise E. Hickey, with whom Beckman had made and partially performed a contract to purchase the land in question. A freehold is involved and the single issue for determination is whether defendant was plaintiff’s agent for the purchase of such land.

Undisputed facts show that plaintiff is an…