California Supreme Court, 1885

Somers v. Overhulser

Somers v. Overhulser
California Supreme Court · Decided July 30, 1885 · Ross
67 Cal. 237; 7 P. 645; 1885 Cal. LEXIS 604

Somers v. Overhulser

Opinion of the Court

Ross, J.

It is the settled rule in this State, as elsewhere, that when land is purchased, for which one party pays the consideration and another party takes the title, a resulting trust immediately arises in favor of the party paying the consideration, and the other party becomes his trustee; and, also, that if the one party pays only a part of the consideration, the party taking the title to the whole land becomes a trustee for the other party pro tanto. (Case v. Codding, 38 Cal. 191.) The facts of the present case bring it within this rule. (See also § 2224, Civ. Code.)

Judgment reversed and cause remanded with directions to the *238court below to overrule the demurrer to the complaint, with leave to defendants to answer.

McKee, J., and McKinstry, J., concurred.

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