McDaniel v. Thompson

Article 2571, Vernon's Ann.Civ.Stats., relating to separate property, provides that "if the deceased have no child or children, or their descendants, then the surviving husband or wife shall be entitled to all the personal estate, and to one-half of the lands of the intestate, without remainder to any person, and the other half shall pass and be inherited according to the rules of descent and distribution; * * *"

Article 2578, relating to community property, provides that "Upon the dissolution of the marriage relation by death; all property belonging to the community estate of the husband and…