Fields v. Fields

The plaintiff, Samuel J. Fields, filed suit in the circuit court of Cook County, against the defendants, Leroy W. Fields and Deoitese Fields, to impress an improved parcel of real estate in Chicago with a resulting trust. The trial court entered a decree in favor of the plaintiff. Deoitese M. Fields, one of the defendants, prosecuted a direct appeal to this court since a freehold is involved.

The complaint alleged that the plaintiff paid for the property from his own funds, that the legal title thereto was vested in plaintiff’s son, Leroy W. Fields and his son’s wife, Deoitese M. Fields, as…