Goodwin v. Beard

BERRY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment quieting title of plaintiff, Ollie L. Beard, Jr., to an undivided ⅝⅛. mineral interest in and under a described 280 acres of land in Section 16, Township 6 South, Range 4 East, Marshall County, Oklahoma. Involved for determination is the question of the correctness of the trial court’s finding that a constructive trust by parol evidence had been established in plaintiff’s favor. The matters hereafter summarized disclose the factual background out of which the action arose.

The mineral interests involved, owned jointly by Naomi Jean Williford…