Porter v. Van Denburgh

The plaintiff filed an action to impress a trust on certain personal property and for an accounting. Judgment was rendered in her favor to the effect that she was the owner of and entitled to have issued to her, as successor in interest of her husband, L. E. Porter, 60,939% shares of the capital stock of Tungsten Reef Mines Company. The defendant appealed.

The question for determination is whether the evidence supports the 'findings and the judgment. There is practically no conflict in the evidence. The controversy centers mainly on the interpretation of an instrument relied upon in part by…