MacRae v. Betts

This is an action by plaintiff, Katherine Y. MacRae, against John H. Betts, Jr., for damages for breach of contract. The allegations of the complaint, in short, are: That plaintiff, being the owner in fee simple of lots 1, 2, 5 and 6, section 24, township 5 south, range 7 east, Grila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Pinal county, Arizona, on September 6, 1922, conveyed the legal title thereof to defendant in trust to enable him to exchange the same for real property in Los Angeles or vicinity, taking the title in plaintiff’s name, with the agreement that, if defendant was not able to make an…