Korompilos v. Tompras
Decision Date | 06 March 1923 |
Docket Number | No. 17643.,17643. |
Citation | 251 S.W. 80 |
Parties | KOROMPILOS v. TOMPRAS |
Court | Missouri Court of Appeals |
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court, Granville Hogan, Judge.
"'Not to be officially published."
Suit by Gus Korompilos against George Tompras. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Reversed and remanded.
Cobbs & Logan, of 1St. Louis, for appellant.
Chester H. Krum, of St. Louis, for respondent.
Bill in equity by plaintiff to enforce an executed trust in personalty. The record brings up for review the action of the circuit court in sustaining a demurrer to the petition, and, upon plaintiff's refusal to further plead in this cause, entering up a final judgment in favor of the defendant.
The second amended petition, inter alia, contains the following allegations:
The point presented for decision is whether the petition sufficiently alleges an executed trust in personalty.
Defendant contends: (1) That the alleged arrangement between plaintiff and defendant is within the statute of frauds; (2) that the facts alleged in the petition constitute a voluntary executory promise to create a trust, unsupported by a valuable consideration, and therefore unenforceable.
It is a well-settled rule, in this state, in the law of trusts, that the statute of frauds does not extend to trusts...
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