Ampuero v. Luce

The plaintiff and defendant Beatrice S. Luce are owners in joint tenancy of a parcel of real property. This suit was brought to quiet title, to enforce a constructive trust and to cancel the deed to the property as to defendant’s interest, on the grounds of fraud and failure of consideration. The appeal is from a judgment in defendant’s favor.

The appellant and Addie E. Ampuero, his wife, had their home on Pruitvale Avenue near East 14th Street in Oakland. It had cost about $12,000, was unencumbered and stood in the wife’s name. The couple were getting along in years and the wife, who was…