Hughes v. Trimble

MONTEITH, Chief Justice.

This action was brought by Idella Lawson Hughes and her husband, Willie Hughes, for the recovery from appellees of the title to 39% acres of land out of the W. T. Neill ⅛ League Survey in Fort Bend County, Texas. The action was brought under two specific counts. Under their first count they alleged that the deed from James H. Lawson and his wife, conveying the land in controversy, to Amanda Lawson and Paralee Trimble was executed in trust for the sole purpose of securing the grantees in the deed in the repayment of moneys advanced to the grantors by them. Under the…