Carroll v. Carroll

COMBS, Justice.

The only question in,the case is whether Mary Bentley (Carroll), appellee, was the wi-fe-of R. J. Carroll at the time of his death. His heirs have appealed from á judgment that she was his wife.

R. J. Carroll died a .resident of Carter County in December, 1950, at the age of 71. He was a prominent farmer and at one time had served as a justice of the peace. He and his first wife, who died in 1940, had raised a family of five children and accumulated considerable property, After the death of his wife he lived alone on his farm near Iron Hill in Carter County.

The appellee had…