Edwards v. Edwards

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

In 1849 Lemuel J. Edwards and Elizabeth Edwards, his wife, settled in Tarrant County, Texas, where in the course of twenty years they accumulated a valuable estate, consisting of both personal and real property. In 1869 Lemuel J. Edwards was killed by his son-in-láw James Creswell, leaving Elizabeth, his widow, and C. 0. Edwards, Martha Creswell and other children surviving him. An inventory and appraisement of this community estate was returned by the survivor, in accordance with the statute then in force. C. O. Edwards, being the oldest son, was mainly relied on…