HOOD v. SMOAK

No. S99A0261.

516 S.E.2d 301 (1999)

271 Ga. 86

HOOD v. SMOAK.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

May 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simmons & Hunt, Syle P. Hunt, Cathey & Strain, Edward E. Strain III, Cornelia, for Alton Bartlett Hood.

David E. Ralston, Blue Ridge, for Dawn H. Smoak.


FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

Bart Hood sued his daughter, Dawn Smoak, to set aside an allegedly fraudulent conveyance of two tracts of land in Union County totaling 100 acres. The trial court denied Smoak's motion for summary judgment, but later at trial granted Smoak's motion for a directed verdict at the close of Hood's evidence. Because Hood presented evidence from which a jury could imply a constructive trust, we reverse.

Hood alleged that Smoak was holding...

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