Jones v. Jones

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

The plaintiff, Mrs. F. E. Jones, brings this action against her husband, Paul W. Jones, as administrator of the estate of his father, E. M. Jones, for $699.72, the amount of a claim filed by her for boarding and nursing E. M. Jones, from April, 1918, to the time of his death in October, 1921, 3jE years at $16.66 per month.

"The evidence for the plaintiff tended to establish the following facts:

The old gentleman, E. M. Jones, lived about 8 miles from the home of his son, Paul W. Jones. He was very old, and it appeared that he had no…