Thornton v. Thornton

Hawkins, Justice.

Charlie Thornton, as administrator of the estate of J. H. Thornton, deceased, filed in Muscogee Superior Court against Callie P. Thornton, Everett B. Thornton, and Columbus Bank and Trust Company, a petition, count one of which as amended alleged: On November 22, 1941, J. H. Thornton died intestate. His widow, Callie P. Thornton, and named children including the petitioner and Everett B. Thornton, the principal defendant, survived him. The petitioner, at the widow’s request, contacted a majority of the heirs and they agreed that he should buy a place for her to live the…