Becker v. Williams

Citations

• 49 Ill. 208

Syllabus

<p>Trusts and trustees—property conveyed to a person to pay debts. G conveyed to B certain lands, with the power to sell them and apply the proceeds in the payment of G’s debts. B sold the lands, and, to the extent of the proceeds received, applied them in payment of G’s debts: Held, in an action against B, by a creditor of G, whose claim had not been paid, that B could not be held liable for a misapplication of the funds, there being no proof that B, on receiving the deed, had agreed with G to pay this claim as a preferred debt.</p>