Ward v. Scarborough
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Second Supreme Judicial District. Suit by Mrs. Willie Scarborough and' others against E. J. Ward. Judgment for plaintiffs and defendant’s writ of error was dismissed by the Court of Civil Appeals (223 S. W. 1107), and he brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtGallagher, J.
Defendants in error, Mrs. Willie Scarborough and her sons, Jesse, Chunk, and Moliere Scarborough, brought suit in the district court of Eastland county against E. J. Ward, plaintiff in error, and against his father, John Ward, and his brother, Gus Ward, for the recovery of 2,840 acres of land situated in said county, which they allege they had conveyed to E. J. Ward under circumstances claimed by them to create a constructive trust therein in their favor, or, in the alternative, for the recovery of damages in the sum of $104,260.
The Wards filed an answer consisting of a general demurrer,…
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