Co-ownership of residential property let to family members, where one co-owner manages the property and collects rent, does not of itself establish a partnership or agency relationship sufficient to found a constructive trust over the other co-owner's interest. A family arrangement to preserve relatives' housing is not a business carried on in common with a view to profit. A co-owner's unilateral management activities are consistent with their position as registered proprietor and do not establish an agency relationship beyond any express agreement.
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