MESSER v. JOHNSON

No. B-321.

422 S.W.2d 908 (1968)

Myrtle MESSER et al., Petitioners, v. Esther JOHNSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

January 10, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen & Allen, Perryton, Gibson, Ochsner, Harlan, Kinney & Morris, J. Hadley Edgar, Jr., Amarillo, for petitioners.

Linn & Helms, James P. Linn and Richard N. Countiss, Spearman, Gene E. Steed, Perryton, for respondent.


WALKER, Justice.

Real estate was conveyed to a married woman. Her husband joined in the deed as one of the grantors, and the instrument declared that the land was conveyed to the grantee as her separate estate and to her sole and separate use. The question to be decided is whether parol evidence may be received to show a resulting trust in favor of the community estate. We reaffirm the rule that it may not.

John E. Johnson and Pearl Johnson were married in...

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