Speer & Goodnight v. Sykes
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth District, in an appeal from Upshur County. Speer & Goodnight sued Sykes for the possession of land and recovered. Defendant appealed and secured a reversal. Appellees obtained writ of error on the ground that the judgment settled the case.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
J. D. Sykes and Sallie Sykes were husband and -wife, having minor children. In 1903 they lived upon and owned the land in controversy, being 160 acres in Upshur County, which they claimed as their homestead and which was their community property. On the 3d day of April, 1903, Sallie Sykes filed in the District Court of Upshur County a suit against her husband, J. D. Sykes, for divorce and for the custody of the children. She also claimed one-half of the land upon which they resided and the possession and use of the whole for the support of the children. She also sought to recover from her…
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