White v. Burch

Mrs. L. B. White brought a suit in the district court of Wise county against M. W. Burch, an attorney at law, in which she alleged: That on October 12, 1927, her husband, J. M. White, died suddenly, and there was an investigation by the sheriff, the county attorney, and the justice of the peace, as to the cause of said J. M. White's death. That a report gained currency that said J. M. White had died from the effects of strychnine poisoning, and there was suspicion on the part of said officers that said Mrs. L. B. White, or her son, J. F. White, had administered, or caused to be administered,…