What are the legal principles applicable to the claim in trust itself?

Fourth are the legal principles applicable to the claim in trust, itself. The minority decision of Mr. Justice Dickson in Rathwell v. Rathwell, 1978 CanLII 3 (SCC), [1978] 2 S.C.R. 436 has been described as the lighthouse in this area of law. In it Mr. Justice Dickson discussed resulting trusts at pp. 451-52 in these words: Resulting trusts are as firmly grounded in the settlor's intent as are expressed trusts, but with this difference - that the intent is inferred or is presumed as a matter of law from the circumstances of the case. ... The presumption of a resulting trust is sometimes explained as the fact of contribution evidencing an agreement.... The courts are looking for a common intention manifested by acts or words that property is acquired as a trustee.