Wright v. Wright

Mr. Chiee Justice Schaeeer

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Lucinda Wright, brought this action in the circuit court of Champaign County against her son, Edsel Wright, seeking a determination that he holds the legal title to an improved parcel of real estate as trustee for her, an accounting, and a decree compelling conveyance of the property to her. She appeals from a decree dismissing her complaint for want of equity. A freehold is involved.

From the pleadings and the evidence it appears that commencing in 1942, plaintiff operated a student rooming house in Urbana near the…