Mayor v. Breeding

Robert Henderson Cook and Emma Washington, both - then domiciled in the state of Pennsylvania, were married in that state on May 13, 1919. Six months afterwards, on November 11, 1919, Robert purchased a tract of land, with a dwelling house thereon, in Bexar county, Tex., paying $3,250 in cash therefor, and taking conveyance thereof in his own name..

In 1922 the Cooks encountered marital difficulties, and, on August 1 of that year, Emma, the wife, instituted divorce proceedings in a Pennsylvania court against her husband. Three weeks later, apparently as a result of their domestic controversy,…