Land v. Marshall

426 S.W.2d 841 (1968)

Erie Darnall LAND et al., Petitioner,

v.

Viola Walker MARSHALL, Respondent.

No. B-254.

Supreme Court of Texas.

March 13, 1968.

Rehearing Denied May 1, 1968.

Hassell & Riley, J. W. Hassell, Jr., Dallas, for petitioner.

Elvin E. Tackett, Fort Worth, for respondent.

POPE, Justice.

Viola Walker Marshall, the widow of W. E. Marshall, instituted this suit to set aside a trust created by her husband. Plaintiff asked judgment for the recovery of title and possession to one-half of the corpus of the trust which she alleged was her community property. The corpus consisted of 2,562 shares of…