Boatright v. Perkins

OPALA, Justice.

The issues presented on certiorari are: (1) Is the trial court’s decision which refuses to impress a resulting trust on the defendants’ title to the property in contest clearly contrary to the weight of the evidence? and (2) Does Oklahoma’s extant jurisprudence recognize a rebuttable presumption of a gift when a child pays the purchase price for real property conveyed to its parent? We answer the first question in the affirmative and the second in the negative. We conclude today that (a) Manilla Boatright [Boatright or daughter] clearly and convincingly established she paid the…