Johnson v. Steen

RICHARDSON, J., Pro Tempore.

This is a suit in equity to recover $150,000 acquired by defendants from plaintiffs ward. The court ruled the ward had not made a gift of the funds. The court decreed that two mortgages, which had been discharged by defendants from the funds in issue, were reinstated and that plaintiff was subrogated to the rights of these secured creditors. The decree awarded plaintiff an equitable lien on three items of personal property purchased by defendants and awarded judgments against defendants for the balance of the funds which had been expended but which could not be…