Legal Opinion
Jarvis v. Lieder
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided September 15, 2009No. AC 30457PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GRUENDEL, J. A
constructive trust arises “when the legal title to property is obtained by a person in violation, express or implied, of some duty owed to the one who is equitably entitled, and when the property thus obtained is held in hostility to his beneficial rights of ownership. . . . The specific instances in which equity impresses a constructive trust are numberless,—as numberless as the modes by which property may be obtained through bad faith and unconscientious acts.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Millard v. Green, 94 Conn. 597, 601-602, 110 A. 177 (1920). This appeal…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Beatty v. . Guggenheim Exploration Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Giulietti v. GiuliettiConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- Cohen v. CohenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London v. CoopermanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
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