Hogue v. Hogue

Frank Holt, Justice.

This litigation results primarily from a disagreement as to the amount of the purchase price and the payments made upon certain lands. The appellee, mother of appellant Wm. F. Hogue, brought an action against him and his wife alleging a constructive trust and seeking reconveyance of 144 acres or, in the alternative, to recover $14,400 as the fair value of the lands which she had previously conveyed to the appellants; $500 annual rent for a period of ten years less $2,000 credit [appellee later abandoned her claim for rent;] $922.21 for her investment in a tractor; and an…