Jones v. Jones

McCALEB, Justice.

Plaintiff, Mrs. Charlene Willoughby Jones, duly qualified as dative testamentary executrix of the estate of her late husband, Wilson Albert Jones, has appealed from a judgment of the district court rejecting her demands to recover $477,096.69 from the defendant, M. Carl Jones (brother of the deceased), which she claims had accrued to the credit of decedent up to the date of his death due to his retained one-fourth interest in an oil and gas lease assigned by him to the defendant in 1933, affecting certain lands in Gregg County, Texas.

Defendant has filed a motion to dismiss…