Adams v. Adams

WALKER, Chief Justice.

Lee Adams died on or about June 1, 1931, in Beaumont, Texas. On July 29, 1931, Willie Hartnett Adams, claiming to be the, common law wife of the deceased, filed her application in the probate court of Jefferson County to be appointed ad-ministratrix of his estate. On the 7th of August, 1931, Earl Adams, brother of the deceased, filed his application to be appointed administrator and contesting the application of Willie Hartnett Adams — denying in his contest that she was the common law wife of deceased. On the -8th day of September, 1931, the county court of Jefferson…