Lenton v. Lawler

HOUSTON, Justice.

Dr. Charles T. Lenton, Jr., and Helen D. Lenton married late in life, both for the second time. They generally kept their finances separate. The wife developed cancer, and when her illness was not arrested by more conventional methods of treatment, the husband took her to Mexico for treatment that was not available within the United States and that was not covered by the wife’s medical insurance. Although the wife’s condition improved dramatically for a short time, she died before the Lentons could return to Mobile from Mexico.

John L. Lawler was appointed executor of the…