Succession of Simonette Reason Falls

Simonette Reason Falls, the illegitimate daughter of Mary Bingham and Washington Reason, died in June, 1913, intestate and without issue of her marriage with Joseph Falls, her surviving husband. At her death she left an estate in community with her husband, and some separate property. In an ex parte proceeding, Mary Bingham, the mother of deceased, and her children born of her marriage with Robert Bingham, now deceased, were placed in possession of the succession of Simonette Reason Falls.

The lower court, on the opposition of Joseph Falls, surviving husband of Simonette Reason, and opponent…