2005 West Virginia Code - §36-1-17. — Uses and trusts; passing of legal title.

§36-1-17. Uses and trusts; passing of legal title.

Whenever, by reason of any conveyance by written instrument or by will, the bare legal title to real or personal property is held by one person for the use or benefit of, or in trust for, another person mentioned or described in the instrument or will, and the holder of such legal title has no active duties of care or management or disposition of the property by reason of such trust, or has performed all such duties as were imposed upon him, the legal title to the same estate or interest which he had in the use of such property shall pass to and be legally deemed to be in the person for whose use or benefit or in trust for whom, the legal title to the property was so held.