City Bank & Trust Co. v. Gardner

It is well settled by the decisions of this court, which are in accord with the weight of authority, that an oral express trust in personalty may be created; that such trust does not offend the statutes of fraud, and may be established and enforced in equity. Moore, Adm’r, v. Campbell, Ex’r, 113 Ala. 587, 21 So. 353; Id., 102 Ala. 445, 14 So. 780; Bishop’s Heirs v. Administrator & Heirs of Bishop, 13 Ala. 475; Barrell v. Hanrick, Adm’r, et al., 42 Ala. 60; Hill v. Hill et al., 216 Ala. 435, 113 So. 306; 26 R. C. L. 1194, § 30; Barnes v. Barnes, 282 Ill. 593, 118 N. E. 1004, 4 A. L. R. 4;…