Bastian v. Brink’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Thus, at times this court has given relief to a purchaser of land as against an unconscionable grantee holding title in abuse of a confidential relationship or specific instructions by imposing a constructive trust upon the property; by specifically enforcing a partially performed parol trust agreement; by holding the statute inapplicable where the purchase was under an executory contract; by permitting a purchaser to recover his purchase price from a grantee where a trust was intended and the grantee had refused performance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Freundschuh v. Freundschuh

2. “When a grant for a valuable consideration is made to one person, and the consideration therefor is paid by another, no use or trust shall result in favor of the person by whom such payment is made; but the title shall vest in the person named as the alienee in such conveyance, subject only to the provisions of section 501.08 [concerning fraud against creditors].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Freundschuh v. Freundschuh