Burns v. Ross

Citations

• 71 Tex. 516
• 9 S.W. 468
• 1888 Tex. LEXIS 1175

Syllabus

<p>1. Trust—Payment or Purchase Money.—The plaintiff furnished the purchase money for a tract of land. The legal title for it was conveyed to the ancestor of the defendants. Held, that the equitable title vested in the plaintiff and he was entitled to recover the title and possession of the land; such right does not depend upon the existence of an express agreement at the time of the execution of the deed.</p> <p>2. Same.—By implication equity charges the holder of the legal title in such case with the duties and liabilities as upon express agreement recognizing the trust.</p>