Perry v. Copeland

FANNING, Justice.

On August 13, 1957, Opal Copeland Perry and husband, John Perry, brought suit in the District Court of Gregg County, Texas, against Harold Copeland (the brother of Opal Copeland Perry) and Autrice Coy Copeland, individually and as executrix of the estate of Zeta Arthur Copeland, Deceased (the second wife and surviving wife and widow of Zeta Arthur Copeland, deceased), in which suit plaintiffs alleged to the effect: That on December 4, 1935, Zeta Arthur Copeland, the father of Opal Copeland Perry and Harold Copeland, filed suit in the District Court of Gregg County, Texas,…