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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-5-87. Implied trust on failure of specific purpose for which gift made.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-5-87. Implied trust on failure of specific purpose for which gift made.

If a gift is made for a specific purpose which is either expressed or is secretly understood and the purpose is illegal or from some other cause fails or cannot be accomplished, the donee shall hold the object of the gift as trustee for the donor or his next of kin.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2625; Code 1868, § 2625; Code 1873, § 2667; Code 1882, § 2667; Civil Code 1895, § 3573; Civil Code 1910, § 4153; Code 1933, § 48-108.