Legal Opinion

Croup v. DeMoss

Washington Supreme Court

Decided February 14, 1914No. 11246PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Walla Walla county, Brents, J., entered December 23, 1912, dismissing an action to declare a trust, after a trial on the merits to the court.

1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.

In this action, the plaintiff sought to establish a resulting trust in his favor in an undivided one-fourth interest in certain mining claims, located in Warren Mining District, in Idaho county, Idaho. The material facts which we have been able to gather from the deplorably confused record are as follows: The group of mining claims in question were, in 1907, owned, an undivided one-half by the plaintiff, an undivided one-fourth by the defendant DeMoss, and an undivided one-fourth by one Scales, of Grangeville, Idaho. It was the purchase of this last mentioned one-fourth interest by the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. McDonough v. O'NielMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
  2. Bailey v. HemenwayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
  3. Fickett v. DurhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
  4. Collins v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
  5. Parsons v. PhelanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Farrell v. MentzerWashington Supreme Court · 1918
  2. Carkonen v. AlbertsWashington Supreme Court · 1938
  3. In Re Cunningham's EstateWashington Supreme Court · 1943
  4. O'Donnell v. McCoolWashington Supreme Court · 1916
  5. Dines v. HylandWashington Supreme Court · 1935

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