Patton v. Callaway

OPINION

PRESLAR, Chief Justice.

Appellants, Richard E. Patton, Ted Collins, Jr. and Herbert E. Ware, Jr., sued Appellees, James E. Callaway,. William O. Callaway and Texana Oil Company, seeking to recover upon an oral agreement and to impose a constructive trust on certain property under allegations that plaintiffs and defendants were engaged in a joint venture. At the conclusion of all the evidence the Court instructed a verdict for the defendants. We affirm.

Throughout this opinion the parties will be referred to by name or as plaintiff or defendant. In summary, the facts are that plaintiffs…