Taylor v. Jones

WALTHALL, Justice.

This suit is brought to partition real estate. Appellee, Harrison Jones, is the adopted son of Leroy Taylor, deceased. Appellee filed this suit in the District Court of Harrison County, Texas, against appellant, Mariah Taylor, the surviving wife of Leroy Taylor, deceased, for the partition of a 150-acre tract of land located in Harrison County and fully described in the petition.

Appellee alleged that the 150-acre tract of land was the community property of Leroy Taylor, deceased, and appellant Mariah Taylor, and that appellee,, as the adopted child and sole heir of Leroy…