FORD v. ROBERTS

No. 17826.

478 S.W.2d 129 (1972)

Logan FORD, Appellant, v. Cora T. ROBERTS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied March 30, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Dan Bohanan, Logan Ford, Burford, Ryburn & Ford, Dallas, for appellant.

Robert L. Hoffman, Mike Joplin, Strasburger, Price, Kelton, Martin & Unis, Dallas, for appellee.


BATEMAN, Justice.

This case turns on the applicability vel non of Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann., art. 3716 (1926), commonly known as the "Dead Man's Statute," to testimony offered by appellant concerning transactions between him and appellee's testator. Appellant sued in trespass to try title, and for partition of real estate, to impose a constructive trust on an undivided one-fourth interest in certain land in Dallas County. In a non-jury trial judgment was rendered...

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