Maxfield v. Pure Oil Co.

Statement of Case.

HIGGINS, Justice.

The appellants are the children and a grandchild of Georgia Rakestraw, who died intestate on January 4, 1906. The deceased was the wife of J. F. Rakestraw, who sur-' vived her and later married Hettie Clay. Appellants brought this suit against the ap-pellees to recover the community interest of Georgia Rakestraw in a tract of land in Van Zandt county. Verdict was returned in favor of the defendants in response to a peremptory charge.

The land in controversy was conveyed to J. F. Rakestraw by two deeds dated December 6, 1898, and March 11, 1899. This land,…