Mehelich v. Mehelich

Joseph P. Mehelich and wife Helen appeal from a judgment imposing a constructive trust in favor of appellant Joseph P. Mehelich’s father, Joseph D. Mehelich, to the extent of the value of a life estate in the respondent father in certain realty. Findings of fact 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, to which no error is assigned, explain the transaction.

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That in May, 1949, the defendants [Joseph P. and Helen L. Mehelich] located a house at 4019 - 124th [214th] Avenue S.W., Mountlake Terrace, Washington, approximately one half mile due west of his house, which was for sale for $4,400.00; that the terms of…