Jessop v. Brown

Morrissey, O. J.

Plaintiffs brought this suit to establish a trust for their benefit in property conveyed by deed, or devised under the will of Edward J. Brown, deceased, to his wife, Augusta C. Brown. There was judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs have appealed.

Mrs. Jeanette Benson conducted a dry-goods store in Omaha, from 1887 until her death in 1905. During these years, there lived with her, David Benson, her husband, her widowed sister, Mrs. Jessop, and Mrs. Jessop’s children. In Quincy, Illinois, lived Edward J. Brown, a bachelor brother of Mrs. Benson and Mrs. Jessop. Brown loaned…