Margaret Schanck v. Marvin Jones

Appellant filed a complaint in the District Court to impress a constructive trust on the proceeds of certain funds awarded to appellee as compensation resulting from a condemnation proceeding. Defendant (appellee), the former husband of plaintiff (appellant), was successful in Civil Action 921-53, Jones v. Jones, and was awarded an absolute divorce, the property taken in the condemnation proceeding being by the judgment of divorce vested in him solely. The complaint alleges that the appellee orally contracted with appellant that, should the appellant abandon her appeal in the divorce action,…