Carey v. Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Stephens County; W. R. Ely, Judge. Suit by Mrs. Virginia C. Carey and others against the Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company and others, in which T. H. Harbin intervened. Prom a judgment against them, plaintiffs and the intervener appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDunklin, J.
On November 15, 1915, J. A. Carey, joined by his wife, Mrs. Virginia C. Carey, executed an oil and gas lease to 640 acres of land in Stephens county to the Texas & Pacific Coal Company. The land was community property of the grantors, and they resided upon and claimed it as their homestead at the time the lease was executed. J. A. Carey died intestate, and there was no administration upon his estate nor any necessity therefor. When he died an undivided one half interest in the property passed to his children and the other half to Mrs. Carey, the surviving wife, under the statute of descent…
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