Jones v. Jones

The appellant filed her bill in the circuit court below as the widow of Elbert Jones, deceased, to compel W. C. Jones, his administrator, to render true and proper accounts of his estate, and to have dower set apart to her as the widow oí the deceased.

The bill charges the marriage of her and the deceased, in Tennessee, in the year 1831; the death of Elbert Jones in 1856; a large estate of lands and personalty; administration on the same by W. C. Jones, and then several matters of waste and misapplication of the funds of the estate; errors and frauds in the accounts of the administration.

The…