Turner v. Rust

J. SeaborN Holt, Associate Justice.

Appellant, Mary A. Turner, is the sole heir of John Rust who died January 20, 1954, being his daughter by a previous marriage. Appellee, Thelma Rust, is his surviving widow. John Rust was divorced from Mary’s mother in 1927 and the mother was awarded Mary’s custody, and later married a man by the name of Deitwiller. Deitwiller adopted Mary and Mary took the name of Deitwiller. Rust left a will dated 1936 in which no mention was made of appellant, Mary Turner.

Around 1930 Mr. Rust invented and patented a cotton picking machine and from this invention and…