Baughan v. Goodwin

GRAVES, Justice.

In the judgment here on appeal, the 61st District Court of Harris County, Texas, sitting without a jury, partitioned 125 acres of land in that county, found to have belonged to H. Peyton Baughan, deceased, at the time of his death in Virginia, as between the parties to this appeal. Those parties were his six nephews and nieces and his sister, Etha Baughan Quisenberry, who, together, constituted his sole heirs — or all persons having any interest in his local estate — under the Texas laws of Descent and Distribution, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 2570 et seq.

In doing so, the court…