Ward v. Hudgens

PHILLIP R. GARRISON, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment by which a resulting trust in favor of Melvin B. Ward (“Melvin”) was imposed on land claimed by Tommy L. Hudgens (“Tommy”). We affirm.

Tommy is Melvin’s nephew (Tommy’s mother, Stella Hudgens (“Stella”), was Melvin’s sister). Stella and Melvin had two other siblings, Cecil W. Ward (“Cecil”), and Robert L. Ward (“Robert”). Their parents, L.S. Ward (“Levi”) and Lillie Ward (“Lillie”), obtained title to eighty acres in Ripley County in 1937. Levi and Lillie died intestate, survived by their four children, Stella,…