Johnson v. Foust
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Benton District Court. — Hon. Clarence Nichols, Judge. Suit in equity to establish a resulting trust in certain lands, the legal title to which is in defendant William K. Foust. The trial court rendered a decree for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals — Modified and Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Plaintiffs are the children of William K. and Anna R. Foust and the sole and only heirs of Anna R. Foust, who died April 23, 1903. They brought this suit to establish a resulting trust in favor of their mother in a certain fractional quarter of land in Butler county, the legal title to which is in their father, the defendant. The defendant denied the alleged trust, pleaded the statute of limitations, laches, and adverse possession, and, upon the testimony adduced, the trial court made the following findings of fact and conclusions of law:
Prior to the year 1878 Anna R. Foust received from the…
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