Lane v. Kittrel

STOKES, Justice.

This suit was instituted by appellee, Beryl Kittrel, and fourteen others, collateral heirs at law of J. M. Lane, deceased, against appellant, Donna C. Lane, his surviving wife, for partition of 320 acres of land located in Hall County. The land belonged to J. M. Lane before his marriage and was therefore his separate property. He was married only once and no children were born to the marriage. Under the provisions of Section 2, Article 2571, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.Stat., appellant was entitled to cne half of the land, which was admitted by appellees, and appellees, being all of the…