Eckeberger v. Stroud

- GALLAGHER, Chief Justice.

A brief recital of the facts involved is necessary. Mrs. Mary D. Woodring died .on May 27, 1934. Her husband, Felix H. Woodring, died many years before she did. Appellee, K. G. Stroud, on October 27, 1934, applied to the judge of the county court of Ellis county for letters testamentary on the estate of both said decedents. He alleged that the estate of said parties consisted of a farm of 114 acres, rent money in the bank amounting to about $350, and certain notes belonging to said Mrs. Woodring individually, and that an administration was necessary because said…