Thompson v. Whitaker Iron Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited 2 Pom. Eq. Jur. §§ 1051, 1052, 1080, 917; 79 Va. 449; 87 Va. 162; 2 Rob. (old) Pr. 44, 45; 1 Leigh, 163; 1 Gratt. 110; 6 Gratt. 427; 1 Munf. 63; 1 Munf. 98; 21 Gratt. 263; 5 W. Va. 33; 10 W. Va, 243; 16 W. Va. 497; 21 W. Va. 504; 26 W. Va. 440; 24 W. Va. 61; Story’s Eq. Plead. §§ 578, 595, 524; 2 Story’s Eq.
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cited 2 Pom. Eq. Jur. §§ 1051, 1052, 1080, 917; 79 Va. 449; 87 Va. 162; 2 Rob. (old) Pr. 44, 45; 1 Leigh, 163; 1 Gratt. 110; 6 Gratt. 427; 1 Munf. 63; 1 Munf. 98; 21 Gratt. 263; 5 W. Va. 33; 10 W. Va, 243; 16 W. Va. 497; 21 W. Va. 504; 26 W. Va. 440; 24 W. Va. 61; Story’s Eq. Plead. §§ 578, 595, 524; 2 Story’s Eq. Jur. § 1494 and note; 76 Va. 12; 31 W. Va. 487; 106 U. S. 99; 89 N. C. 159; 182 Ill. 80; 47 Elan. 606; 152 Mass. 49; 6 W. Va. 179; 4 Leigh, 474; 120 U. S. 130; 130 U. S. 684; 21 Wallace 342; 76 Me. 71; Code, W. Va. Ch. 104, § 18; 101 U. S. 135; 37 W. Va. 3; Wood on Limitation, 288,…
1Opinion of the CourtBrannon, Judge
(after stating the facts) :
Equity jurisdiction in the case can not be sustained on *578the theory of trust. If a trust, it must be an express one. What were its terms ? The trustee was not vested with the title and charged with any specific duty or agency for the benefit of Quincy. Was it a simple or passive trust, the trustee being a mere passive depositary of the property, with no active duties to perform? It could not be even this, in any other sense than a common-law bailment; for no title vested in the company, but it had possession only, and no property, at utmost, but that special property…
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