Pope Ex Rel. Fisk v. First National Bank in Dallas

SPARLING, Justice.

Appellant, Barbara Pope, as next friend of her son, Michael Fisk, sued appellees, First National Bank, Dian Hays Pingree and Linda Pope Narby Branch, seeking the benefits of a trust. First National was trustee of the disputed trust until its termination by the death of Joe Pope — the beneficiary of the trust. Upon termination, the corpus of the trust was deposited to the account of two additional trusts in which Pingree and Branch are the beneficiaries. A jury determined that Michael Fisk was not the adopted son of Joe Pope. Mrs. Pope claimed that Fisk was Joe Pope’s son —…