Askins v. Easterling

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Doyle.

Plaintiff in error was the defendant below in an action there instituted by the defendant in error for the purpose of declaring a resulting or constructive trust in certain real estate. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court.

This is a controversy between plaintiff stepfather and defendant stepson as to ownership of a home in which the plaintiff seeks to establish an equitable interest and to impose a trust. Defendant is the son of Ida F. Easter-ling by a former marriage and claims under a deed from his deceased mother. At the time of…