Skoczylas v. Skoczylas

This is a suit to compel the brother of the complainant to return to her the sum of $700 alleged to have been entrusted to him by her for her benefit, and to impress a trust for that amount on a house built by defendant in which the $700 was invested.

Complainant testified that she gave the defendant the $700 in cash to hold for her under an agreement that he should purchase in his own name Postal Savings Certificates, would deliver the certificates to her as evidence that the money belonged to her, and would return it to her upon demand. She produced the certificates which she said had been…