Hacker v. Hacker

John and James Hacker are brothers and each is above 80 years of age. For years they owned neighboring farms, and the bill herein was filed by John against his brother and wife to have an accounting under the claim that James, throughout the years, acted in a fiduciary capacity for plaintiff and deposits by James in various banks represented money belonging to plaintiff, and that defendant’s wife held title to real estate, subject to a parol trust and, therefore, money she received from the sale thereof should be accounted for as belonging to plaintiff.

The circuit judge decreed that money…