Rogers v. Barbee

This appeal is from an order of the district court dismissing appellant’s petition for the-appointment of an administrator of the estate of Mrs. Mary L. Leonard, deceased. The material facts are these: Mrs. Leonard, .a • widow, died intestate in the city of Dallas on June 22, 1927, leaving an estate consisting of from $55,000 to $60,000 in cash and unincum-bered real estate of the estimated value of from $60,000 to $75,000. Mrs. Leonard was adjudged to be of unsound mind, by the probate court of Dallas county, and Mrs. J. H. Barbee, appellee, during the month of January, 1927, was appointed…