Bliss v. Bliss
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District for Canyon County. Hon. Ed. L. Bryan, Judge. Action by the plaintiff to have a trust declared. Judgment for plaintiffs and defendants appealed. The evidence required to entitle plaintiff to a decree declaring a resulting trust must be satisfactory, clear and convincing. (Bice v. Bigley, 7 Ida. 129, 61 Pac. 290, 20 Morr. Min. Rep. 558; 2 Pom. Eq. Jur., 1st ed., sec. 1040; 10 Am. & Eng.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District for Canyon County. Hon. Ed. L. Bryan, Judge. Action by the plaintiff to have a trust declared. Judgment for plaintiffs and defendants appealed. The evidence required to entitle plaintiff to a decree declaring a resulting trust must be satisfactory, clear and convincing. (Bice v. Bigley, 7 Ida. 129, 61 Pac. 290, 20 Morr. Min. Rep. 558; 2 Pom. Eq. Jur., 1st ed., sec. 1040; 10 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 1st ed., 29; Pitts v. Weakley, 155 Mo. 109, 55 S. W. 1055.) “In the creation of a trust in personalty, the language employed must be…
1Opinion of the CourtAilshie, J.
This action was instituted praying a judgment and decree declaring Friend J. Bliss and Adelaide Bliss trustees of the proceeds of a certain life insurance policy for the use and benefit of the plaintiffs, Ida Bliss and Naomi Bliss, a minor. Ida Bliss is the surviving widow of one Ezra Ray Bliss, now deceased, and Naomi Bliss is the daughter and minor child of Ida Bliss and Ezra Ray Bliss. The appellants, Friend J. Bliss and Adelaide Bliss, are the father and mother of Ezra Ray Bliss, deceased. On the 23d day of June, .1904, Ezra Ray Bliss, being then unmarried, took out a life insurance…
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