Felton v. Thompson

Two questions are presented on this appeal: (1) Did a fiduciary relation exist between plaintiff-appellant and the defendant-appellees? (2) Was the plaintiff-appellant privileged to prove, by parol evidence, his pleaded contemporaneous oral agreement relative to the transaction which involved 120 acres of Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, real estate?

I. We first inquire if the record facts disclose a fiduciary relationship between the parties to this suit. We unhesitatingly answer in the negative. It appears that the appellee David W. Thompson was a minister of the United Brethren church, and that…