Weinert v. Cooper

In the year 1929, and for a long time prior thereto, Joe P. Cansler and wife, Dollie Cansler, owned and occupied as their homestead a farm of 40 acres of land in Rusk county. It consisted of two tracts, separated by a distance of about 350 yards. The first tract contained 1 1/2 acres of the F. Cardova survey, on which was situated their residence. The second tract consisted of 38 1/2 acres of the E. Collard survey, which they cultivated to crops each year as a means of support. Other than a cotton pen, there were no improvements on the 38 1/2-acre tract. The land was under an oil and gas…