Dimity

Dimity v. Dixon

Good Law
1925 Cal. App. LEXIS 318·74 Cal. App. 714·241 P. 905
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaOctober 28, 1925Docket No. 5218.California4,048 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Nourse, J.

On February 13, 1923, plaintiff commenced this action to impress upon certain real property a trust which she alleged arose from the purchase of such property with funds of a partnership which she alleged had been formed by her former husband, O. G. Dixon, his father, F. S. Dixon, and his brother, A. H. Dixon, some time in the year 1908 for the conduct of an undertaking business in the city of Bakersfield. The plaintiff alleged that her husband, O. G. Dixon, died on October 6, 1914, and that his father, F. S. Dixon, died some time after February 10, 1920; that, in due course of administration, certain property was distributed to the defendant, Hannah Dixon, the widow of F. S. Dixon, and to the defendant, A. H. Dixon, the surviving son; that these parties conveyed the properties so distributed to them—a portion thereof to one Gettle, and a portion to the defendant, Jessie C. Dixon. It is alleged, on information and belief, that F. S. Dixon i i hi:; lifetime and A. H. Dixon collected large sums in rents and profits of said property and demand is made for an accounting. Jessie C. Dixon was joined as a defendant on the theory that she was a purchaser of a portion of the property…

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