Thompson v. Mayes

Opinion

McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a suit to impose a constructive trust on the assets which passed to Donald Marshall Thompson (Don Thompson) under the will of his father, Jo B. Thompson. The other devisee under Jo B. Thompson’s will is his sister, Leonette Mayes. On December 19, 1984, Mrs. Mayes brought this suit alleging that a constructive trust should be imposed upon the assets that Don Thompson received under his father’s will. Don Thompson committed suicide on January 16, 1985, and Nancy Thompson (Don Thompson’s mother and the former wife of Jo B. Thompson) was…