State v. Jones

DIXON, Chief Justice.

The State of Texas, acting in its own behalf and as next friend of Fletcher Jones, non compos mentis, appealed to the District Court of Van Zandt County from an order of the County Court approving an inventory and appraisement previously filed in the Matter of the Guardianship of Fletcher Jones. Following judgment unfavorable to the State and Fletcher Jones in the District Court, an appeal to this Court was perfected.

A proper understanding of the case requires that we briefly recount the events leading up to the litigation.

Fletcher Jones is the uncle of John L. Jones.…