Crane v. Centerre Bank of Columbia

BERREY, Judge.

Plaintiffs Thomas E. Crane and John H. Crane appeal from an adverse judgment of the Circuit Court of Boone County on an action to remove 240 acres of land from a trust under the alternative theories of constructive trust or of an oral express trust.

Judgment is affirmed.

In 1904, Darius Worthington Crane purchased the property in question for $8,400.00. The property is a 240 acre farm located on a southern edge of Columbia, Missouri, and divided by Rock Quarry Road with 160 acres on the east side and 80 acres with a dwelling house on the west side. Darius Crane lived on the farm…