Boynton v. Brastow’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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1. ““It is enough, however, for us to know that the property was redeeded to one of the trustees for thd same consideration for which it was sold, before his duties as trustee were ended. Equity will not permit a trustee thus to deal .with a trust property, except lor the benefit of the cestui-que trust. Sound policy requires all the skill and efforts of a trustee to be used for the benefit of the cestui quo trust, and to sdeure this end his private interest must not be allowed to come in conflict with his duty. If a trustee should be allowed to sell the trust’s estate, and then immediately buy it back for his own benefit, his private interest would be in direct conflict with his duty. To enable him to buy cheap, ho must sell cheap. Instead of making known its good qualities, and its real value, and the true state of the title, he would be Influenced to disparage the estate, by concealing, as far as he could, everything which would enhance Its value, and to avoid clearing up any clouds that might hang over the title.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Baker v. Schofield