Balian v. Balian's Market

HANSON, J. pro tem.

This is an action by three brothers, Habib, Jacob and Kameel, to impress a trust upon certain real and personal property standing in the names of their father, Alexander, and another brother, Samuel, based upon an alleged oral agreement made in 1912 between the father and the plaintiffs Habib and Jacob. The claim is made in face of the fact that in August, 1935, the father, the plaintiff brothers Jacob and Habib and another brother, the defendant Joseph, had executed separate declarations of trust showing for whom they held title to certain properties, which properties…