Cox v. Cox

ALEXANDER, Justice.

This suit was brought by Mrs. Effie Cox against A. E. Cox for damages for alleged fraud in the sale of certain bank stock. The plaintiff was a widow and a niece by marriage of the defendant. She contended, in effect, that after the death of her husband she entrusted the management of all of her business to the defendant and that a fiduciary relation existed between them; that about the year 1934 the defendant sold to her the bank stock in question but kept the same in his possession for her use and benefit; that later, in March, 1936, when she needed money, she sold the…