Bonfils v. Ledoux
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado; Robert E. Lewis, Judge. Suit in equity by Wilfrid Eedoux and others against Frederick G. Bonfils and another. Heard on cross-appeals from the decree. Appeals and cross-appeal challenge the decree of the trial court. The bill sought to have the defendants held to be trustees of the lease of a theater building.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado; Robert E. Lewis, Judge. Suit in equity by Wilfrid Eedoux and others against Frederick G. Bonfils and another. Heard on cross-appeals from the decree. Appeals and cross-appeal challenge the decree of the trial court. The bill sought to have the defendants held to be trustees of the lease of a theater building. This theater building, known as the Empress Theater, in Denver, was held under a lease by the defendant Greaves, as lessee. Although he was the title holder, the defendant Bonfils and one Tammen, who is not…
1Opinion of the CourtMunger, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The plaintiffs, in support of a cross-appeal, urge that the evidence shows that there was a constructive trust established, whereby the defendants held the property in trust for the plaintiffs, while the defendants urge that the plaintiffs’ evidence shows nothing more than an express trust concerning lands and relating thereto, and that such a trust is invalid under the Colorado statute of frauds (section 2660, Rev. Stats, of Colo. 1908), which forbids the creation or declaration of such a trust otherwise' than by deed or conveyance in writing, subscribed…
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