Legal Opinion

Kuhn v. Zepp

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided July 8, 1946No. 39852PublishedCited by 5 opinions

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

  1. Stephenson v. StephensonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1943
  2. Guy v. MayesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1911

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Gershon v. AshkanazieMissouri Court of Appeals · 1946
  2. Hillyard v. LeonardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
  3. Gross v. GrossMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. Miller v. WahyouCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
  5. Miller v. WahyouCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956

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