White v. Rankin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant James D. Rankin from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff and the defendant Elmira E. Christian, as executrix, etc., of Hans S. Christian, deceased, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 20th day of October, 1896, upon the report of a referee.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The purpose of this action was to procure an- accounting by the defendant Rankin as trustee for the plaintiff, the defendant-Christian and himself. The parties, by agreement, entered upon the construction of five houses, the arrangement being that the defendant Rankin should take the title to the houses, should act- as treas^ urer, pay all bills and render an account to li-is cestui gue trust. The houses, when finished, were to be sold and the proceeds divided between the parties. Each party was to -contribute onedhird of the money necessary, and the same was to be paid to Rankin…
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