Baker v. Ellis

Lyle Brown, Justice.

Appellants were plaintiffs below. They brought suit alleging a four-sixths interest in four lots in Little Rock and contended that their uncle, Eugene Ellis, owned the other two-sixths interest. Appellee Eugene Ellis asserted full ownership on the theory that the record title in the name of plaintiffs ’ father was actually a trusteeship for Eugene’s benefit. Alternatively, Eugene sought a lien for expenditures for improvements. The trial court rejected Eugene’s theory of trusteeship but granted his alternate prayer for a lien. Mrs. Baker, guardian of the four children,…