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Indiana Law Journal olume 1 | Issue 5 Article 4 5-1926 Doctrine of Constructive Trusts Where the Grantee Refuses to Carry Out an Oral Trust Although he Solicited the Conveyance and Stood in a Confidential Relation to the Grantor Paul L. Sayre Indiana University Sc hool of Law Follow this and additional works at : /ilj Part of the Contracts Commons, and the Estates and Trusts Commons Recommended Citation Sayre, Paul L. (1926) Doctrine of Constructive Trusts Where the Grantee Refuses to Carry Out an Oral Trust Although he Solicited the Conveyance and Stood in a Confidential Relation to the Grantor, Indiana Law Journal: ol. 1: Iss. 5, Article 4. Available at : /ilj/vol1/iss5/4 This Comment is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School Journals at Digital Repository @ Maurer Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Indiana Law Journal by an authorized administrator of Digital Repository @ Maurer Law. For more information, please contact wattn@. INDIANA LAW JOURNAL DOCTRINE OF CONSTRUCTIVE TRUSTS WHERE THE GRANTEE REFUSES TO CARRY OUT AN ORAL TRUST ALTHOUGH HE SOLICITED THE CONVEYANCE AND STOOD IN A CONFIDENTIAL RELATION TO THE GRANTOR Under the provisions of the statute of Frauds in England and under similar statutes in this country, an oral trust in land is held to be unenforceable. Both the English and American statutes provide that such an oral trust shall be void and of none effect but the courts have universally held that such trusts are not void inspite of the explicit language of the