Deveroex v. Nelson

TUNKS, Chief Justice.

Cain H. Nelson, Jr., a resident of Houston, enlisted in the United States Navy. He was assigned to Norfolk, Virginia. In 1950, while so stationed, he met Helen A. Whitehead. Helen had an illegitimate son named Zan, who was then four years old. In 1952 Cain and Helen were married. They and Zan came to Houston to live. A son, Edwin H. Nelson, was born of that marriage in 1959. In 1967, Cain died intestate. Helen was convicted of his murder, for which she served a term in the penitentiary.

An administration for Cain’s estate was filed in the Probate Court of Harris County. In…