Burrell v. Cornelius

POPE, Justice.

Melba Burrell instituted suit against J. R. Cornelius individually and doing business as the C. & H. Abstract Company to recover a sum equal to one-half of the proceeds from the sale of what she says was a community homestead. She asserts that defendant wrongfully disbursed her share of the funds to other persons. The defendant Cornelius answered, filed a counterclaim against the plaintiff, and also filed a third-party action against Ben L. Krage. Defendant Cornelius then filed a motion for summary judgment, and the trial court rendered an interlocutory summary judgment that the…