JONES v. JONES

No. 43820.

100 So.2d 502 (1958)

234 La. 549

Mrs. Charlene Willoughby JONES, Dative Testamentary Executrix, v. M. Carl JONES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 10, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson, Smith, Mayer & Kennedy, Shreveport, Wynne & Wynne, Dallas, Tex., Philip Brin, Longview, Tex., of counsel, for plaintiff-appellant.

Hussey & Smith, Marion K. Smith, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee.


McCALEB, Justice.

Plaintiff, Mrs. Charlene Willoughby Jones, duly qualified as dative testamentary executrix of the estate of her late husband, Wilson Albert Jones, has appealed from a judgment of the district court rejecting her demands to recover $477,096.69 from the defendant, M. Carl Jones (brother of the deceased), which she claims had accrued to the credit of decedent up to the date of his death due to his retained one-fourth interest in an oil and gas lease...

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