Ryan v. Plath

This was an action to establish a cón-’ structive trust in respect of certain real and personal property; to compel restitution of the lands and chattels involved therein; and to obtain an accounting of all assets, income, and accruals acquired or derived by the alleged corporate constructive trustee and its principal officer during the period in which they respectively had held, managed, and operated the property and the industry in which the property was used.

The action was tried as an equity case before the court without a jury. At an initial hearing on the merits, the court first…