Thornburg v. Manskey

PITTS, Chief Justice.. This is a suit contesting the will of Orvil Lee Thornburg who died in Carson County on February 11, 1948, leaving an estate valued at approximately $40,000 to his sister, Marie Manskey, and his brother, Guy D. Thornburg, with certain provisions-therein made to care for his mother, Sarah Thornburg, during her lifetime. He left surviving him seven children, three of whom were minors. The deceased had been divorced from his wife, Alma Thorn-burg, the mother of all of the said seven children, on September 23, 1942, and a property settlement had been made with her in the…