Duggan v. Marshall

OPINION

DAVIE L. WILSON, Justice.

Appellant and intervenor in the court below, Charlotte Duggan d/b/a Creative Designs (Duggan), appeals from a judgment decreeing that Duggan take nothing and awarding $191,800 to appellee E. Pierce Marshall, as executor of the Estate of J. Howard Marshall. We modify the judgment, and, as modified, affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

J. Howard Marshall (Marshall) sued Jewell Diane (“Lady”) Walker’s estate in an attempt to recover the value of gifts he had given to Walker during their lengthy relationship. Marshall met Walker in 1982. In 1985, Walker began…