Conner v. Hawkins
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal ftom Morris. Tried below before the Hon. S. P. Pounders, Special Judge. This case was before the supreme court once before, and was reported in 64 Tex., 545. The necessary facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWillie, Chief Justice
The third assignment of error is as follows : “The verdict is contrary to the evidence and the law, as the evidence shows that the piano in controversy was the community property of A. J. and E. B. Hawkins, parents of defendants; and the said E. B. Hawkins, being insolvent at the time of the alleged gift of said piano to defendant, said gift is void as to plaintiffs.”
This assignment raises two questions: First, was the piano the community property of E. B. Hawkins and wife, or the separate property of the latter? Second, if community property, did the gift of it to Miss Belle Hawkins, the…
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