Minter v. Burnett

BROWN, Associate Justice.

This case was presented to the Court of Civil Appeals upon an agreed case, from which we make the following extracts and statements, covering the facts necessary to the determination of the questions submitted by that court:

“1st. Jerry J. Burnett died in Wichita County, Texas, on August 7th, 1894, intestate, and left surviving him his wife, Jesse Burnett, but left no children. He also left surviving him his father, Jerry Burnett,, and the following named brothers and sisters: S. B. Burnett, P. H. Burnett, T. H. Burnett, Mrs. T. A. Minter and Mrs. Mollie Christol,…