... the holder of the legal title to retain and enjoy the. beneficial interest, equity impresses a constructive trust on the property thus acquired in favor of the one who is truly and equitably entitled to the same, although he may never perhaps have... The Southwestern Reporter - Page 2311915Full view - About this book
| 1893 - 1078 pages
...truly and equitably entitled to the sanie. In such cases equity has jurisdiction to follow the property in the hands of the original wrongdoer, or in the hands of any subsequent holder, except a purchaser who has acquired it in good faith and without notice. Equity fixes upon such wrongdoer... | |
| Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - 1912 - 976 pages
...equitably entitled to the same, although he may never perhaps have had any legal estate therein ; and a court of equity has jurisdiction to reach the property...right and takes the property relieved from the trust." And this text is fully supported by Caldwell v. Caldwell, 7 Bush, 515; 'Brooks v. Brooks, 104 SWr 392... | |
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