Boland v. Nihlros, Et Ux.

HARRIS, District Judge.

In August, 1926, plaintiff brought this action in the district court of Salt Lake county to recover possession of a certain parcel of real property described in the complaint. The defendants answered admitting the plamjafCs-ownership of the title to the property Tmt" setting up a life estate in A. B. Nihlros by virtue of a verbal gift, possession taken pursuant thereto and making improvements of the value, in excess of $4,000 in reliance upon the verbal gift. The plaintiff replied denying the gift and denying the valuable improvements.

The case was tried before the…