Moore v. Taylor

The plaintiff in error, John H. Moore, on June 9, 1910, filed a bill in chancery against his half-brother, Levi R. Taylor, and the latter’s wife, for the purpose of having a resulting trust in his favor declared in certain lands in Iroquois county, the title to which was held by Levi R. Taylor. A guardian ad litem was appointed for Levi R. Taylor, who was insane. An answer was filed, and after a hearing the circuit court dismissed the bill for want of equity.

John H. Moore, the complainant, was born in 1850. Soon after his birth his father died. His mother later married Samuel C. Taylor, and…