Parris v. Leifels’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “OCGA § 53-12-93 (a) provides: “A constructive trust is a trust implied whenever the circumstances are such that the person holding legal title to the property, either from fraud or otherwise, cannot enjoy the beneficial interest in the property without violating some established principle of equity.” With regard to interests in real property, a constructive trust generally may not be imposed based solely on a broken verbal promise to hold or transfer the land for the benefit of another. Mays v. Perry, 196 Ga. 729 ( 27 SE2d 698 ) (1943). To hold otherwise would wholly undermine the Statute of Frauds. Id. A broken verbal promise may be the basis of a constructive trust, however, if it was fraudulently made “with the intention of being broken and for the purpose of thereby obtaining title.” Id. at 736 . See also Westbrook v. Westbrook, 212 Ga. 472 ( 93 SE2d 683 ) (1956) (no constructive trust over real property where plaintiff made no allegation that verbal promise was made with intention of later breaking it).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 285 Ga. App. 892 - Perry v. Perry · Jenkins v. Jenkins