Dial v. Dial

This case involves the propriety of the action of the circuit court of Piatt County in dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint to impress a trust upon certain real and personal property, and for other relief.

Plaintiffs are two of the children of Edward E. Dial, deceased. The defendants are the widow, Bertha M. Dial, individually and as executor of the estate of decedent; Max D. Campbell, a child of Bertha M. Dial; and Evelyn Day, a third child of the decedent. It appears from the pleadings that on February 23, 1952, the decedent and his wife Bertha M. Dial executed a joint will which was prefaced by…