· 4/6/1962
New Amsterdam Casualty Company, and Cross-Appellant v. Gladys N. Waller, and Cross-Appellee
Citations
- 301 F.2d 839
- 1962 U.S. App. LEXIS 5451
How courts have described this case
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- recognizing that a constructive trust is not a freestanding cause of action
- stating that “[a] constructive trust is merely a procedural device by which a court of equity may rectify certain wrongs” and that “it is not a designation of the cause of action which justifies an exercise of the power”
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Judges: Soper, Haynsworth, Bryan
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