Hilley v. Hilley

342 S.W.2d 565 (1961)

Pearl HILLEY, Petitioner,

v.

Garland HILLEY, Respondent.

No. A-7563.

Supreme Court of Texas.

January 25, 1961.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 1961.

Dunnam & Dunnam, Waco, for petitioner.

Beard, Kultgen & Beard, Waco, for respondent.

WALKER, Justice.

This is an action for a declaratory judgment to determine whether corporate stock purchased with community funds and issued in the names of the husband and wife "as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common" constitutes community property or belongs to the wife as her separate estate upon the husband's death. The…