Middlebrook v. Wideman

HARVEY, Justice.

Chester and Artis Middlebrook, and their mother, Henrietta Dennis, joined by her husband, Joe Dennis, filed this suit in trespass to try title to an interest in 92.6 acres of land in Smith County, Texas, which was deeded to Monroe Middlebrook during- his lifetime. The claim of the plaintiffs was based upon an alleged common law marriage between Henrietta Dennis, before her marriage to Joe Dennis, and Monroe Middlebrook, it being contended that the land in dispute was the community estate of Henrietta and Monroe and at his death one-half of the land became vested in Henrietta;…