CLEAVER v. GEORGE STATON CO., INC.

No. 12-93-00168-CV.

908 S.W.2d 468 (1995)

Jimmy Maurice CLEAVER, Appellant, v. GEORGE STATON COMPANY, INC., Staton Materials, Inc., Joe B. Staton and George D. Staton, Jr., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

As Corrected on Denial of Rehearing September 29, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E., Jarrett, Tyler, for appellant.

R. Michael Northrup, and Charles T. Frazier, Jr., Dallas, for appellees.

Before RAMEY, C.J., and HOLCOMB, J.


RAMEY, Chief Justice.

The principal issue presented by this appeal is whether a district court has jurisdiction of an estranged husband's suit against a third party trustee in which his wife is the beneficiary of the trust the payments from which are her separate property or sole management community property. In 1992, Jimmy Maurice Cleaver ("Husband") sued Joe B. Staton ("Trustee") and Staton lumber yard, subsequently incorporated as George Staton Company, Inc. and...

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