Jankowski v. Delfert

Action to declare that the title of defendant (appellant) to lot 15, and part of lot 14, O'Fallon Park Subdivision, St. Louis, is held by her as trustee in a resulting trust for the benefit of plaintiff (respondent). In a second count plaintiff asked for an accounting as to $4,000 defendant borrowed and secured by deed of trust on the property. Defendant claimed that she and plaintiff were to be married and that the money with which she bought the property was a gift to her by plaintiff.

The trial court, in an interlocutory decree, found that defendant held title as trustee of a constructive…