Court Opinion

ID: 9560928
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 17:59:23.626781+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:13:20.740512
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SILAK, Judge,
specially concurring.
I concur in the foregoing, except that I do not believe that the opinion should include a discussion of the statute of frauds, completed gift and estoppel arguments made by the parties and ruled upon by the district judge. These theories are unnecessary to our decision. The delivery of a deed naming Sarah Kohnke as the grantee of the real property was a conveyance of legal title to her. I.C. § 55-601; Crenshaw v. Crenshaw, 68 Idaho 470, 475, 199 P.2d 264, 266 (1948). The analysis of whether Kohnke should be ordered to re-convey to the Erb estate depends only upon whether the estate has shown by clear, convincing and satisfactory evidence that a resulting or constructive trust should be imposed. I agree fully with the foregoing opinion as to the reversal of the district court’s judgment with respect to the imposition of a trust against Kohnke.