Continental Gin Co. v. Tatum

HIGGINS, Justice.

On January 7, 1925, G. R. Tatum, a colored man, died intestate, leaving as his surviving heirs his wife, Sarah J. Tatum, an adult son, C. S. Tatum, and a. granddaughter about 9 years old.

On January 28, 1925, the surviving wife was appointed and qualified as the survivor of the community estate under the statute (Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St art. 3678).

The community estate, as shown by the inventory, consisted of eight tracts of land containing 710 acres, $1,665 in bank, a cotton gin, a stock of merchandise valued at $125, various chattels valued at more than $1,000, open accounts…