Kuhn v. Zepp
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
Judging from the petition, this ease may be an action to define and adjudicate title to real estate under Sec. 1684, 1 or it may be a suit in equity to establish an implied trust 2 in the land, for the petition alleges a conveyance on a trust and prays an accounting of rents and profits. The answer in the main is a general denial coupled with affirmative pleas of ownership, estoppel and laches. At any rate the suit was tried to the court without a jury, and under Sec. 114(d) of the Civil Code, 3 is to be treated as of an equitable nature, calling for an appellate review upon both the law and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Stephenson v. StephensonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1943
- Guy v. MayesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1911
3Cited by5 opinions
- Gershon v. AshkanazieMissouri Court of Appeals · 1946
- Hillyard v. LeonardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
- Gross v. GrossMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
- Miller v. WahyouCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- Miller v. WahyouCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956