Legal Opinion
Elliott v. Wallace
Texas Commission of Appeals
Decided April 19, 1933No. 1659-6122PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRITE, Judge.
This suit was filed in the district court of Rusk county, Tex., in the form of trespass to try title, and to partition a tract of 81⅛ acres of land in Rusk county, Tex.
It is shown by the record before us that in the year 1865 William Cooper was married to Martha Elliott, then a widow. The land in dispute in this suit was conveyed for a cash consideration to William Cooper by one Cornelius Cooper on March 24, 1S66. Under the record before us, it was the community property of William Cooper and his said wife, Martha Elliott Cooper.
Síartha Elliott Cooper died in 1898. The husband,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Mitchell v. SchofieldTexas Supreme Court · 1915
- Ferguson v. DoddCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916
- Elliott v. WallaceCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1931
3Cited by17 opinions
- McKelvy v. BarberTexas Supreme Court · 1964
- Strong v. StrongTexas Supreme Court · 1936
- Williams v. Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1936
- Dixon v. CargillCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937
- Smalley v. Octagon Oil Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1935
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