Legal Opinion · Dissent

Beatty v. McClellan

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided February 15, 1951No. 18,033Published

1Dissent

DISSENTING OPINION

Martin, J.

I cannot agree with the majority opinion.

The facts in this case, as substituted from the case of McClellan v. Beatty (1944), 115 Ind. App. 173, 53 N. E. 2d 1013, 55 N. E. 2d 327, clearly show that when *254Mrs. Tobin assigned the contract covering the purchase of the property in question to the appellee he took the equitable title in trust for the benefit of the cestui que trust, appellant Beatty, as the appellant Beatty was the real equitable owner of the property in question and title was held by the trustee to secure money advanced on the purchase price. McClellan…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Sutherland v. GoodnowIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Hunter v. BalesIndiana Supreme Court · 1865
  3. McClellan v. BeattyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1944
  4. Thompson v. NortonIndiana Supreme Court · 1860
  5. Broker v. ScobeyIndiana Supreme Court · 1877

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