Dalton v. Pruett

RAY, Justice.

This was a declaratory judgment suit brought by Appellee J. N. Pruett, individually and as Administrator of the estate of Curvie E. Dalton, deceased, to determine the ownership of real and personal property disposed of by the joint will of Kate King Dalton and Curvie E. Dalton, husband and wife.

In 1951, Curvie E. Dalton purchased a vacant lot in the City of McKinney at a time when he was a single man. Immediately thereafter he constructed a dwelling on the lot and subsequently married Kate King Dalton. By deed dated October 24, 1953, Curvie E. Dalton conveyed the lot in the City…