Jones v. Jones

This appeal arose from the granting of an absolute divorce to appellant-Anna Jones, and the entry of a property settlement.

Anna Jones and Thessalonia Jones were married in Lake County, Indiana, in 1944. A child was born soon after the marriage and actual paternity was acknowledged by Mr. Jones. Immediately after the marriage they separated and never lived nor cohabited together as husband and wife.

Upon the death of Thessalonia’s mother in 1967 he became the sole heir of certain real property. At about the same time Mr. Jones learned that he was a victim of terminal cancer. On June 18, 1968,…