Tucker v. Dodson

This was a partition suit filed by appellee and others against appellant and others for the purpose of effecting a partition of 173 acres of land in Rockwall county, Tex.

The following agreed facts were submitted in the trial court:

"That the defendant, W. H. Tucker, inherited a one-twentieth undivided interest in and to the 173 acres of land described in the original petition filed herein, and was the owner thereof in the year 1909.

"That William Tucker died in January, 1920, and at the time of his death, and for more than 20 years prior thereto, lived upon said 173-acre tract as a homestead;…