express trust
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 73 U.S. 116 - Osterman v. Baldwin · 1867Most cited · 35 citing opinions
an express trust—not one resulting by implication of law—proved, it is true, by parol, but equally efficacious for the purposes of this suit, as if in writing
How often courts cite the case defining “express trust”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “express trust” — 35 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.