Staples v. Murray

I am unable to agree with the conclusion that a trust was not created, nor that plaintiff had failed to establish a right of recovery. To mahe a declaration of an express trust it is essential that the trustee intend to create a trust. A valid declaration of trust does not require any particular form of words. Any language is sufficient which shows the intention to create a trust and which definitely designates the property to be disposed of. It is a general rule often stated that the elements constituting a trust are a declaration of words to create it, a subject or fund sufficiently…