Rogers v. Renshaw

John Renshaw and wife owned two hundred acres of land in Milam county, which was community property, and occupied the same as their homestead. In 1863, Renshaw sold the homestead, without the consent of his wife, as required by law, to appellants, Robert Rogers and wife. John Renshaw subsequently died, having acquired no other homestead, and the surviving wife brought this suit in the District Court, for tl^e establishment of her homestead rights. There was .a judgment below, setting aside the sale by Renshaw to Rogers and wife, and vesting the title to the same in the widow of John Renshaw,…