Hanks v. Crosby
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Anderson. Tried below before the Hon. F. A. Williams. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
The property in controversy belonged to the community estate of James and .Emeline Cates, who were the parents of Mrs. Crosby, she being their only child, and it was the homestead of the family at the time of the death of James Cates, who died December 5, 1865.
The appellant claims title through a conveyance made by Emeline Cates after the death of her husband, but there are no facts shown which would have empowered her to sell the property.
At the time Mrs. Cates sold the property the appellee was a minor, five or six years of age, and she so continued until the time…
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