Van Pelt v. Park
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the Third District Court, Salt Lake county, Hon. Ogden Hiles, Judge. Action by plaintiff to establish a trust in his favor in a certain interest held by defendant’s decedent at the time of the commencement of the action. From a judgment and decree in favor of plaintiff, defendant Woodman appeals.
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Appeal from the Third District Court, Salt Lake county, Hon. Ogden Hiles, Judge. Action by plaintiff to establish a trust in his favor in a certain interest held by defendant’s decedent at the time of the commencement of the action. From a judgment and decree in favor of plaintiff, defendant Woodman appeals. In the case of Chambers v. Emery, 45 Pacific, 194-195, this court said: “Where, however, a bill in equity seeks to convert a defendant who purchased property and had a legal title thereto, made in his own name by an instrument in writing, into a trustee for the plaintiff, upon the ground…
1Opinion of the CourtMiner, J.
On the 13th day of February, 1896, Andrew Howat, *144trustee, and Myn Mattschappy, Utah, a corporation, as parties of the first part, and Percy S. Sowers, John G. Logan (now deceased), and the appellant John F. Woodman, as parties of the secqnd part, entered into a contract by which the first parties agreed to sell, and the second parties agreed to purchase the Winnemuck group of mining claims for $30,000, of which $10,000 was to be paid on or before April 12, 1896, and the remainder on or before February 15, 1899. The second parties were to have possession during the interim, with the privilege…
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