Pieper v. Renke

In her complaint, the appellant, who is the respondent’s mother, alleged that she turned over stated sums of money to the respondent, in whom she reposed trust and confidence, to be used for the purchase of a home for the appellant and that the respondent failed and refused to enter into any contract for the purchase of a home. In her prayer for relief, the appellant demanded an accounting and an adjudication that the respondent pay to the appellant what*995ever sums of money were found to be due. At the trial, the respondent testified that she did not buy a house and had spent the money. Special…