STEPHENS COUNTY MUSEUM, INC. v. SWENSON

No. B-4305.

517 S.W.2d 257 (1974)

STEPHENS COUNTY MUSEUM, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. Clara J. SWENSON et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McMahon, Smart, Wilson, Camp, Lee & Surovik, Stanley P. Wilson, Abilene, C. J. Eden, Breckenridge, John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Martha E. Smiley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Patrick W. Thompson, Breckenridge, Johnson, Slagle & Bell, William W. Bell and J. Edward Johnson, Brownwood, for petitioners.

C. J. O'Connor, Harrell, Thompson & Cook, W. G. Thompson, Breckenridge, Jennings, Montgomery & Dies, Frank L. Jennings, Graham, for respondents.


DENTON, Justice.

This is a suit to set aside a series of contributions by Clara J. Swenson and Alma B. Swenson, two sisters, to Stephens County Museum, a non-profit organization. The trial court, upon a jury verdict, entered judgment denying recovery of the initial cash contribution of the sisters, but set aside a second cash contribution and the conveyance of two tracts of land, as well as a trust set up for the benefit...

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