Snider v. Johnson

Appeal from Douglas: H. K. Hanna, Judge. This is a suit by Elizabeth Snider against John Y. E. Johnson and wife to establish a resulting trust in land. The facts show that one Solomon Abraham, on May twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, was the owner of lot eight, block twenty-seven, in Eoseburg, Douglas County, Oregon, and on that day executed and delivered to plaintiff a bond for a deed, in which he covenanted to convey to her the legal title thereto in consideration of two hundred and seventy-five dollars, of which one hundred dollars was then paid, and the remainder was evidenced…