Todd v. Cartwright

OPINION

J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.

This is a will contest. The court below imposed a constructive trust on one-half of the estate of Ruth Aline Cartwright. Its judgment was based on a jury finding that her 1977 will was contractual with that of her then husband. Appellant contends in two points of error that there was no evidence to support the jury finding of a contractual will. We affirm. 1

Appellant is Ruth Aline Cartwright’s son by her first marriage. Appellee is the son of Morgan Sykes Cartwright, Jr., by his first marriage. Ruth and Morgan Jr. were married in 1951.

Ruth Cartwright’s…