Long v. Scott
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
HeabiNg oh an appeal by tbe complainant from a decree of the Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia dismissing a bill in equity to charge certain real estate with an equitable lien or resulting trust in favor of tbe complainant.
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HeabiNg oh an appeal by tbe complainant from a decree of the Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia dismissing a bill in equity to charge certain real estate with an equitable lien or resulting trust in favor of tbe complainant. The Couet in tbe opinion stated tbe ease as follows: Maria Long, tbe appellant in this cause, filed ber bill of complaint in tbe supreme court of tbe District on September 24, 1902, to charge certain real estate in tbe city of Washington with a trust or lien in ber favor, and to enforce such trust or lien. She alleged in ber bill that, on or about June 27, a. d.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Morris
Passing over, as unimportant in the determination of the merits of this case, some questions of pleading and practice that present themselves at the threshold, we are of opinion that neither the bill of complaint, nor the testimony taken in support of it, shows sufficient ground for the declaration of a resulting trust in this case in favor of the complainant for the portion of the purchase money of the property in controversy shown to have been paid by her. Eor the establishment of such a resulting trust it must be clearly shown that the whole purchase money was paid by the person seeking to…
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- Society of Shakers at Pleasant Hill v. WatsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1895
- Gavin v. CarlingCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1881
- Rucker v. AbellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1848
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