Rodgers v. Lyon

Lyle Brown, Justice.

This is a dispute between relatives over the right to the proceeds from the sale of a house and some lots in Heber Springs. The Heber Springs Savings & Loan Association holds the disputed funds in escrow subject to the outcome of this suit. The trial court held that Mrs. Cameron R. Lyon was acting under misapprehension, pressure and undue influence when she signed an agreement whereby Horace E. Rodgers’ father was entitled to a share of the proceeds of sale.

Edgar Rodgers, Maude O’Neal and Sue Mitton, were close relatives and all elderly; they lived together at property…