ESTATE OF STONECIPHER v. ESTATE OF BUTTS

No. C-3724.

686 S.W.2d 101 (1985)

ESTATE OF L.W. STONECIPHER et al., Petitioners, v. ESTATE OF Thomas L. BUTTS et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert T. Adams, Richard J. Clarkson, Beaumont, for petitioners.

Wood, Lucksinger & Epstein, Scott Douglas Cunningham, Houston, Dunn, Alford & Kelley, Donald B. Kelley, Orange, for respondents.


ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF ERROR

PER CURIAM.

This case has been in and out of the courts since 1950 when L.W. Stonecipher obtained a judgment against Thomas and Irene Butts for $21,080.36. Only $5,000 was paid on the judgment and during discovery proceedings to ascertain assets subject to execution of the judgment, Thomas Butts testified that he had conveyed 160 acres of Louisiana land to his banker, Elmer Newman, shortly before trial. Irene Butts testified...

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