Hughes v. Belman

HUGHES, Justice.

This is a suit for damages, actual and exemplary, for alleged fraud in a real estate transaction.

Mr. and Mrs. Emery H. Hughes owned a farm in Robertson County, together with certain livestock and equipment thereon. The farm was the separate property of Mrs. Hughes and the livestock and equipment were their community property.

Mr. and Mrs. Creighton R. Belman owned a house and lot in Travis County, Texas.

The Hughes and the Belmans agreed upon an equal exchange of their properties. The Hughes farm and the Belman home were both encumbered, but in different amounts, and' in order…