Yancey v. Yancey

Plaintiff and defendant are husband and wife. In the complaint it was alleged that in October, 1937, land was purchased with the joint earnings and savings of both with the agreement that title to the land should be taken in the names of both, but that the defendant, who handled the closing of the negotiations for the purchase of the land, in violation of the agreement, had deed made to herself alone; that upon discovery of this fact in October, 1947, plaintiff instituted suit to establish a resulting trust and to have her decreed trustee for his benefit as to óne-half interest in the land;…