McMillen v. McDonald

Defendants appeal from a judgment imposing a trust in favor of plaintiffs on an undivided one-half interest in certain real property in Contra Costa County. Plaintiffs are the devisees of Everett LeRoy McMillen, deceased, and his executor.

Decedent and defendant, Grace E. McMillen, were married in 1940 and remained husband and wife until decedent’s death in 1951. In 1945 they acquired the property here in litigation. This property was conveyed by the McMillens, admittedly without consideration, in 1947 to the other appellants, Victor Hans Holding and Leah Holding, his wife. Victor is the son…