Jinkins v. Jinkins

OPINION

Rebeca Huddle, Justice

This appeal involves a dispute among the four children of Wiley Junior Jinkins, Jr. (“Father”) regarding ownership of mineral interests in 17 properties. One of those children, John Randolph Jinkins, M.D. (“Randy”), appeals a summary judgment declaring that the four children each own a 1/4 interest in the properties. Randy had contended that he and Wiley Junior Jinkins, III (“Wiley”), the biological children of Father’s first wife, each owned a 1/2 interest in the properties, to the exclusion of their half-siblings, Jeffrey Jinkins and Mary Jinkins.

The case turns…