Harris v. Perry

PRITCHARD, Special Judge.

The dispositive issue is whether appellant, widow of Ralph A. Perry, deceased, both of whom were residents pf the state of Texas, may take certain personal property located in St. Clair County, Missouri, by reason of Texas community property laws.

Appellant’s spouse, Ralph A. Perry, whom she married in 1955, died on January 7, 1968. The two owned as tenants by the entirety Rim Point Ranch in St. Clair County, Missouri. On this ranch was located all the personal property here in dispute. Mr. Perry and appellant both resided at Conroe, Texas, at the time of his death.…