Sutton v. Harvey

GARRETT, Chief Justice.

Fannie Sutton, wife of the appellant, Thomas Sutton, died testate March 21, 1893, possessed of her share of a small estate owned in community with her husband, who survived her. She also owned in her separate right a claim for money, which was collected after her death. She left one child, the appellee Allie L. Harvey, who was then a minor and unmarried. The child is a daughter by a former marriage. This suit was brought December 23, 1899, by the daughter, joined by her husband, against the appellant, her stepfather, for the construction of the will of Fannie Sutton and…