One who gains a thing by fraud, accident, mistake, undue influence, the violation of a trust, or other wrongful act is, unless he has some other and better right thereto, an involuntary trustee of the thing gained, for the benefit of the person who would otherwise have had it. SOURCE: CC § 2224. NOTE: No 1970 Civil Code §§ 2225-2227 existed.
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ARTICLE 2 OBLIGATIONS OF TRUSTEE