Pointer v. Ward

ALVIN C. RANDALL, Special Judge.

Mr. J. C. Shelton and Leara Shelton were married May 22, 1954. He was 62 years of age and she was 57. They had no children during their marriage, but plaintiffs are Mr. Shelton’s children by a previous marriage and defendants are Mrs. Shelton’s children by a previous marriage. When they were married, each owned various pieces of real estate. Mrs. Shelton died intestate in June, 1964. Thereafter, Mr. Shelton commenced an action for partition of Mrs. Shelton’s real estate holdings, alleging that, as her widower he owned an undivided one-half interest, and…