Cummins v. Cummins
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Hemphill County; W. R. Ewing, Judge. Suit by J. M. Cummins and wife against Hazel Cummins. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBoyce, J.
This suit was brought by J. M. Cummins and his wife, against Hazel Cum-mins, to recover an undivided one-fourth interest in 158½ acres of land in Ochiltree county, Tex. The rights of the parties depend on the conclusion as to whether an undivided one-half interest in said land was the separate property of J. S. Cummins, deceased, or was part of the community estate of himself and his surviving wife, Hazel Cummins. The facts upon which the respective claims of the parties are founded are as follows:
J. S. Cummins and Hazel Cummins were married in October, 1916. In February, 1917, they acquired…
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