Sayers v. Baker

.LESLIE, Chief Justice.

Sam R. Sayers, Trustee, instituted this suit against Earl M. Baker to recover $3,131.70 claimed to be due Miss Myla Baker, the beneficiary under the terms of a trust agreement. The defendant answered that he paid said sum direct to T. B. Baker, a brother of Myla Baker, and that such payments were made in various amounts at different times, but in each instance at the direction and with the authority of Myla Baker, who was at all times sui juris and entirely competent.

The trial before the court without a jury resulted in a judgment that plaintiff take nothing, and he…