Harras v. Harras

Citations

• 60 Wash. 258
• 110 P. 1085
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 1036

Syllabus

<p>Trusts — Constructive Trust — Establishment—Parol Evidence —Stjebtciency. To establish a constructive trust by parol, in lands bid in at execution sale, the evidence must be clear, cogent, and' convincing, and such a trust is sufficiently established where it appears that the purchaser at the request of a brother, to whom he-was indebted, bid in the property, in which his brother had a present interest, at an execution sale for one-half its value, the brother being unable to attend the sale and refraining from securing the bidders, and his testimony being clearly supported by documents and; undisputed circumstances and evidence of disinterested witnesses.</p>