Troutfetter v. Backman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

This was an action in which plaintiff sought to have certain real estate owned by the defendants declared to be subject to a trust in his behalf and to require the defendants to convey the real estate to him. Judgment was rendered for the defendants and the plaintiff appeals.

In order to clarify the situation presented by the pleadings and evidence, the following statement is made. Prior to April 29, 1926, one Carl F. Baker owned a tract of land near Manhattan, Kan., which may be generally described as triangular in shape, the north side…