MOORMAN v. HUNNICUTT

No. 10595.

325 S.W.2d 941 (1959)

Thomas Diaz MOORMAN, Appellant, v. J. R. HUNNICUTT, Administrator et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied July 1, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. C. Wilson, Douglass D. Hearne, Cofer & Cofer, of Austin, for appellants heirs at law of Helen Mar Hunnicutt et al.

Henry Lee Taylor, of San Antonio, for appellants Agatha Gates et al.

Yarborough & Yarborough, Tom H. Davis, E. Wayne Thode, of Austin, for appellee J. R. Hunnicutt, Administrator.

Judge Carey Leggett, of Port Lavaca, for appellees certain collateral heirs of H. P. Hunnicutt.

Herman Jones and Jones, Herring & Jones, of Austin, for appellees collateral heirs of Bertha Hunnicutt.

Jack Cook, of Austin, for appellees unknown heirs of H. P. Hunnicutt and Bertha Hunnicutt.


GRAY, Justice.

This suit was brought by J. R. Hunnicutt, Administrator of the Estate of Helen Mar Hunnicutt, Deceased, to determine the right of succession to property possessed by her at the time of her death.

The first and principal question presented is: Was Helen Mar Hunnicutt the adopted daughter of Hicklin P. Hunnicutt and his wife, Bertha Hunnicutt, both deceased? These parties died without issue of their...

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