Dyer v. Hardin

PITTS, Chief Justice.

Appellees, Maxine Ellis Hardin, joined by her husband, W. K. Hardin, sued her uncle, appellant herein, Sam Dyer, together with his wife, Lula Dyer, seeking to impress a constructive trust upon and recover an undivided one-half interest in approximately 2,232 acres or 3½ described sections of land in Armstrong County, Texas, and certain described town lots with improvements thereon in Clarendon, Donley County, Texas. Appellees alleged in effect that on May 12, 1947, Maxine Ellis, then a single woman, at the request of her uncle, Sam Dyer, executed a deed in oral trust…