Whetsler v. Sprague

Benjamin F. Whetsler and Ruth A. Whetsler, his wife, filed their bill in the circuit court of DeWitt county, alleging that Barzilla C. Sprague, the appellee, held the legal title to eighty acres of land in said county in trust for them, and praying for a conveyance of such legal title to them, subject to the lien of a mortgage, upon payment of the. amount found due appellee for his advances. Appellee answered denying the existence of the alleged trust, and a replication having been filed, the issues were referred to the master in chancery, who took the evidence .of the parties and returned…