Legal Opinion

Clemons v. Clemons

Texas Supreme Court

Decided May 23, 1898No. 674PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Error to -the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Washington County. Suit for partition by L. J. Clemons et al., heirs of Ira Clemons and his first wife, against S. J. Clemons et al., his widow, and his children by her, for partition of homestead. Defendants appealed from the judgment, and upon a decision by the Court of Civil Appeals reversing and rendering judgment appellees obtained writ of error.

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, Associate Justice.

Ira .Clemons died intestate in April, 1870, leaving surviving him Sarah J. Clemons, who was his second wife, and his children by her and by his former wife, the plaintiffs in error being the children by the first wife, and the codefendants of S. J. ‘Clemons being her children by him. Administration upon the estate of Ira Clemons was granted to David B. Williams in September, 1870, who qualified as administrator in October of that year. The estate was administered in the District Court of Washington County, which at that. time had jurisdiction of estates of deceased…

2Cited by5 opinions

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  4. Gibson v. TurnerTexas Supreme Court · 1956
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