Phillips v. Gibbs

This is an action to establish and enforce a trust in real estate and for an accounting, brought by Kathryn L. Gibbs and Betty Ruth Gibbs, plaintiffs, against W. E. Phillips and Beulah G. Phillips, defendants. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court. A jury was empaneled and returned a verdict for plaintiffs, and the judgment followed the verdict. Defendants appeal.

The essential facts are undisputed. The property was acquired by Glenn Q. Gibbs, the husband of Kathryn L. Gibbs and father of Betty Ruth Gibbs, in 1919. In 1933 he rented the property to defendants by…