Lassiter v. Bouche

Mrs. M. W. Lassiter filed this suit in the district court of Dallas county against Mrs. Jennie L. Bouche and Julius Edmond Bouche, to establish an express trust on a certain lot in the city of Dallas, and based the existence of the trust asserted on a one-half interest in the lot. At the conclusion of Mrs. Lassiter’s evidence the trial court peremptorily instructed a verdict for the defendants, and judgment was rendered accordingly. The case was duly appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals at Dallas, which court affirmed the judgment of the district court, 5 S.W.(2d) 831. The case is now…