Cone v. Cone

MARTIN, Justice.

Appellant, Adeline Z. Cone, and appellee, S. E. Cone, were married on February 6, 1938. The parties are now divorced and their property rights have been settled other than the ⅞ working interest in an oil and gas lease covering Labor No. 13 in League No. 42, of the Rains County School Lands in Hockley County, Texas, and containing 111.5 acres. It is appellant’s contention that this leasehold interest was acquired during her marriage to appellee and was therefore community property in which she owned a one-half interest. In the alternative she pleaded that if such leasehold was…