Dodd v. Schimpf

The Dodds appeal a final judgment wherein the trial court held that the Dodds had fraudulently used the appellees’ money to acquire 80 acres of land and created a constructive trust of the property in favor of the several appellees.1 The Schimpfs and the Andrises have taken a cross-appeal from the final judgment challenging the allocation of interests in the trust res as between them and the appellee, Dr. Washu-ta. The final judgment reads in part as follows:

1. The evidence establishes that a relationship of trust and confidence existed between Plaintiff WASHUTA and Defendant JAMES E. DODD,…