Platt v. Jones

This is an appeal from the decree of the circuit court declaring a trust in favor of the plaintiffs and intervening plaintiffs and requiring the defendant James Jones to account for a one-half interest in the property of William Jones, deceased. Both parties appeal from the decree.

The facts pertaining to this litigation are delineated in the "briefs about as follows: "William Jones, for a number of years, was engaged in the ranching, livestock and banking business in Malheur county, Oregon, at and around Juntura. He organized a corporation, for the ownership of his land and livestock and most…