Hollingsworth v. Davis
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Johnson. Tried below before the Hon. Jo Abbott. This was an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Johnson county, May term, 1883, allowing a claim of S. C. Davis & Co., appellees, against the estate of S. P. Hollingsworth, deceased. In December, 1879, S. P. Hollingsworth, a resident of Johnson county, died, having made his will, by which he gave to M. A. Hollingsworth his entire estate.
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Appeal from Johnson. Tried below before the Hon. Jo Abbott. This was an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Johnson county, May term, 1883, allowing a claim of S. C. Davis & Co., appellees, against the estate of S. P. Hollingsworth, deceased. In December, 1879, S. P. Hollingsworth, a resident of Johnson county, died, having made his will, by which he gave to M. A. Hollingsworth his entire estate. On the 16th of May, 1880, she presented the will to the county court of Johnson county, and after due process, etc., it was probated. Mo administration was taken out by M. A.…
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.
The claim allowed and approved against the estate of S. P. Hollingsworth, deceased, by the judgment of the *440court below, was a decree rendered in the circuit court of the United States for the northern district of Texas, in favor of Samuel C. Davis & Co., and against the appellee, Mrs. Mary C. Hollingsworth. It is evident from the proceedings had in the United States court, terminating in the above judgment, that this decree was intended to bind the community property of S. P. and Mary A. Hollingsworth, and to be satisfied by a levy upon their common estate in the hands…
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