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resulting trust on failed trust

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From 33 U.S. 326 - William King v. John Mitchell et al. · 1834Most cited · 10 citing opinions

no rule of law is better settled, than that where lands are devised in trust for objects incapable of taking, there is a resulting trust for the heirs at law.