Edwards v. Strong

The respondents, Mrs. Nellie Whitehead Strong and her husband, brought this suit to establish a constructive trust in her favor upon Lot 1, Block 11, Van Zandt Park Addition in the City of Fort Worth. They alleged that, at a time when Mrs. Strong was a single woman, she had employed the petitioner J. Athans, a real estate broker, as her agent to secure for her an option on the lot as a part of a plan to develop a community center, that Athans was informed of her plans and knew that this lot was the “key” lot, that Athans did secure such option in his own name from J. T. Griffin, the owner of…