Mayer v. Jacob

Citations

• 61 Wash. 291
• 112 P. 361
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 1332

Syllabus

<p>Trusts — Resulting Trusts — Evidence — Sufficiency. The evidence establishes a trust in lands purchased, where the more reliable and preponderance of the testimony shows that the plaintiffs and defendant agreed to buy the land in equal shares, one of the plaintiffs paid the $500 earnest money, and the contract was taken-in the name of the defendant, who almost immediately thereafter repudiated the contract, claiming that the money was a loan to him, it appearing that the parties were related and intimately acquainted, and that defendant’s testimony is lacking in candor.</p>