McWhorter v. Humphreys

J. C. Humphreys, who will be styled the deceased, in January, 1907, married Mrs. Mattie McWhorter, a widow. Appellant, Merkel D. McWhorter, then a boy of tender years, is her only child. She died March 20, 1935, leaving a will, dated July 3, 1931. Under its terms she bequeathed all her property "to my beloved husband, J. C. Humphreys, and my beloved son, Merkel McWhorter, share and share alike," and named her husband independent executor without bond. On January 1, 1939, deceased married Mrs. Jewell Eitel, a widow. He became seriously ill on January 21, 1939, and died in Pritchett, Upshur…