Young v. Willis
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Brazoria. Tried below before the Hon. Wm. H. Burkhart. February 10, 1881, appellees brought this suit against appellant, upon a judgment rendered in January, 1877, against Overton Young, the husband of appellant (who died in September, 1877), and one Plumer, claiming that a large amount of community property had gone into the possession of appellant, as surviving widow, upon the death of her husband, and seeking to make her liable for the debt, etc.
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Appeal from Brazoria. Tried below before the Hon. Wm. H. Burkhart. February 10, 1881, appellees brought this suit against appellant, upon a judgment rendered in January, 1877, against Overton Young, the husband of appellant (who died in September, 1877), and one Plumer, claiming that a large amount of community property had gone into the possession of appellant, as surviving widow, upon the death of her husband, and seeking to make her liable for the debt, etc. Among other defenses appellant pleaded limitation, and also claimed all the property as belonging to her separate estate. On May 28,…
1Opinion of the Court
Watts, J. Com. App.
From the record it appears that this suit was instituted February 10, 1881, and that Overton Young, the husband of appellant, died in September, 1877. It also appears that appellant has had the continuous adverse possession of the mules and horses mentioned in the findings of- the court, claiming the same as her separate property, before and ever since the death of her husband, and that the appellees were informed of her claim as early as January, 1877. This sufficiently shows that the finding of the court to the effect that appellant did not convert that property to her…
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