Estate of Cowling v. Estate of Cowling

{¶ 1} The issue in this case is whether the court of appeals properly reversed the trial court’s decisions to deny motions for directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding the verdict. We reverse, reinstate the trial court’s order for the establishment of a constructive trust, and modify the order to place the constructive trust over the assets in their present form as cash deposits held by the Lorain County Clerk of Courts.

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{¶ 2} Grace and Garnard Cowling married in 1967. It was a second marriage for both of them, and each of them had children from a previous marriage. Sandra Reddington and…