Russell v. Lawrence

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Emerson Russell and Angela Russell sued Marie Lawrence to assert entitlement to ten horses. The Russells appeal the summary judgment granted to Lawrence.

Marie Lawrence and her aunt, Tommie Jordan, jointly operated a horse business known as Cheval Farms. Unbeknownst to Lawrence, Jordan registered the horses with national horse associations solely in her own name. In the summer of 1994, after their business relationship deteriorated, Jordan sued to evict Lawrence, who then counterclaimed for the ownership of certain horses and equipment. In October 1994, the trial court…