Hughes v. Hughes

The petition in this suit alleged that John D. Hughes, Mrs. M. R. Cody, and Mrs. L. E. Booty were the only children of the first marriage of T. P. Hughes, Sr., deceased; that appellee, T. P. Hughes, Jr., was the only child of the second marriage of the said T. P. Hughes, Sr., to Mrs. J. L. D. Hughes; that T. P. Hughes, Sr., died intestate in 1889, leaving surviving him as his sole heirs his wife, Mrs. J. L. D. Hughes, the appellants, and appellee; that he died possessed of a separate estate consisting principally of lands, some personal property, and a small community estate with his…