Olsen v. Best

This is a suit in equity to establish a resulting trust as to certain real estate in favor of a surviving husband as against the heirs of a deceased wife in whose name the title was vested at the time of her death.

The pertinent facts which are supported by competent evidence are as follows: Plaintiff and Marie E. Gilson were married on July 3, 1945. Plaintiff was then 55 years of age and his wife was 52. Plaintiff had two sons by a previous marriage. His wife had two daughters by a previous marriage, they being Esther Donahoo and Ethel Nickelson, who were made parties defendant in the instant…