Hoover v. Strohm

Citations

• 44 Pa. Super. 177
• 1910 Pa. Super. LEXIS 147

Syllabus

<p>Trusts and trustee — Vendor and vendee — Evidence—Parol evidence— ■ Fraud.</p> <p>Where a vendee of land under articles of agreement procures another person to advance the purchase money and as security for the advances to take the title in his own name under a verbal promise to convey the land to the vendee upon the repayment of the advances, a violation of such promise converts the lender into a trustee ex maleficio; and in an ejectment to enforce such a trust the vendee is entitled to a judgment in his favor, but conditioned upon his payment to the lender of the debt,, and interest, and taxes paid by the lender.</p>