Jones v. Cox
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
BILLINGS, Judge.
Suit by collateral kinsmen to set aside transfers of property by Ray and Alma Phillips, husband and wife, both deceased, or to impose a constructive trust on the properties, because of the alleged undue influence by the transferee of the properties, Bill Cox, and his wife Doris. 1 The trial court found there was no undue influence and entered judgment that Bill Cox was the owner of the properties. We affirm.
Ray Phillips, described as a man of strong will and not easily influenced, and Bill Cox had been friends since 1956 and their relationship was much like “father and son”.…
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