Pryor v. Pendleton
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Collin County. Kannie Prior, joined hy her husband, sued for partition of her mother’s community interest in the estate of her deceased parents, and was held estopped by having accepted a benefit under her father’s will. The judgment being affirmed on appeal she obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
Elizabeth Robinson and Charles Robinson were husband and wife, residing in Collin County, Texas, with three children, to wit, ICannie Pryor, S. C. Pendleton, and T. P. Robinson, all of whom survived both of the parents. During the marriage the property hereinafter mentioned was acquired, and was community property, except a tract of 50J acres of land, which was the separate property of Elizabeth. She died on June 1, 1892, intestate, and on her estate no administration was ever had. Charles Robinson died on January 10, 1895, leaving a will in which E. PI. Pendleton,…
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