Dehatre v. Ruenpohl

We are confronted at the outset with the question whether we have jurisdiction of this appeal. The case as tried in the circuit court was to establish a constructive trust in real estate and for an accounting of some $5000 or $6000 in rents and profits collected therefrom by the respondent. The trial court made a general finding for the respondent and dismissed the then appellant’s bill, whereupon he appealed. Undoubtedly, on the record brought up this court had jurisdiction of the appeal under Section 12, Article VI of the Constitution and Section 5 of the Amendment of 1884, because the…