Johnson v. Becker

Plaintiff filed a bill of complaint against defendants to construe written instruments, enforce specific performance, declare and enforce a trust in real estate or tbe proceeds thereof, for accounting, and other relief. From a decree dismissing the bill of complaint, plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff’s father, Thomas H. Johnson, owned 160 acres of land near Redford, Wayne county, Michigan. He and his wife, Mercy E. Johnson, had two children, plaintiff Edgar E. Johnson, and defendant Margaret M. Becker. Plaintiff, in 1888, married Ida Pierce, with whom he lived for about 10 years. After marriage,…