Watson Truck & Supply Co., Inc. v. Males

801 P.2d 639 (1990)

111 N.M. 57

WATSON TRUCK & SUPPLY COMPANY, INC., and the Home Insurance Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees,

v.

James MALES, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 18483.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

November 27, 1990.

M.J. Collopy, Hobbs, Montgomery & Andrews, Sarah M. Singleton, Santa Fe, for defendant-appellant.

R.E. Richards, Sam Laughlin, Jr., Hobbs, for plaintiffs-appellees.

OPINION

RANSOM, Justice.

James Males appeals the trial court's finding of a resulting trust in settlement proceeds from a previous lawsuit and the court's consequent award of $85,724.80 plus interest in favor of Watson Truck &…