Cox v. Clay

237 S.W.2d 798 (1950)

COX

v.

CLAY et al.

No. 6100.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

December 11, 1950.

Rehearing Denied January 8, 1951.

Justice, Moore & Justice, Athens, for appellant.

Sam Holland, Athens, Hawkins Golden, Dallas, for appellees.

STOKES, Justice.

The record in this case reveals that, prior to the year 1915, W. M. Cox and his wife, Martha Jane Cox, acquired, as their community property, 236½ acres of land in Henderson County upon which they lived and made their home. On February 1, 1915, W. M. Cox died intestate leaving surviving him his wife and ten children including…