445 So. 2d 352 - Steinhardt v. Steinhardt’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “[t]he trust is `constructed' by equity to prevent an unjust enrichment of one person at the expense of another as the result of fraud, undue influence, abuse of confidence or mistake in the transaction that originates the problem.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 502 So. 2d 463 - Steigman v. Danese · General Coffee Corporation City National Bank of Miami v. General Coffee Corporation

2. “`where a person furnishes money to purchase property in the name of another, with both parties intending at the time that the legal title be held by the named grantee for the benefit of the unnamed purchaser of the property.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Key v. Trattmann · 502 So. 2d 463 - Steigman v. Danese

3. “A resulting trust is simply a status that automatically arises by operation of law out of certain circumstances... . In the creation of a resulting trust it is essential that the parties actually intend to create the trust relationship but fail to execute documents or establish adequate evidence of intent. The typical illustration is where one man furnishes the money to buy a parcel of land in the name of another with both parties intending at the time that the legal title is held by the named grantee for the benefit of the unnamed beneficiary.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 502 So. 2d 463 - Steigman v. Danese