Printable Format58-2210. Creation of trusts or powers, how executed. Declarations or creations of trusts or powers, in relation of real estate, must be executed in the same manner as deeds of conveyance; but this provision does not apply to trusts resulting from the operation or construction of law.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 22, ยง 8; October 31; R.S. 1923, 67-210.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Appointing agent to make contract for sale not within section. Rottman v. Wasson, 5 K. 552, 553.
2. Estates created by or resulting from operation of law, valid. Moore v. Wade, 8 K. 380, 387; Franklin v. Colley, 10 K. 260, 263.
3. Express trust concerning real estate created only in writing. Knaggs v. Mastin, 9 K. 532, 547.
4. Resulting trust may arise although contract not in writing. Rose v. Hayden, 35 K. 106, 111, 10 P. 554.
5. Trust may be created although contract not in writing. Fink v. Umscheid, 40 K. 271, 19 P. 623.
6. Express trust can be created only in writing. Gee v. Thrailkill, 45 K. 173, 175, 25 P. 588.
7. Stranger has no standing to invoke statute to nullify trust. Mallory v. Thomas, 71 K. 562, 563, 81 P. 194.
8. Parol trust agreement held unenforceable hereunder. Horsley v. Hrenchir, 146 K. 767, 769, 770, 73 P.2d 1010.
9. Cited in discussing how trusts may be created; dissenting opinion. Yeager v. Yeager, 155 K. 734, 751, 129 P.2d 242.