Jones v. Jones

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff, Mrs. Charlene Willough-by Jones, as Executrix of the estate of her late husband, Winston Albert Jones, instituted suit in the First District Court, Caddo Parish, against the defendant, W. Carl Jones (brother of the deceased) to recover $477,096.69, that amount being claimed as half of the proceeds allegedly received by the defendant from a half interest in a mineral lease affecting some 21i/£ acres of land in Gregg County, Texas, from date of first production to April 2, 1952, the date of her husband’s death;1 and for further judg*715ment decreeing the…