Cartwright v. Moore
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Grayson. Tried below before the Hon. Richard Maltbie. The plaintiff in error and Lourana Cartwright were husband and wife.
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Error from Grayson. Tried below before the Hon. Richard Maltbie. The plaintiff in error and Lourana Cartwright were husband and wife. They had eight children, to-wit: Martha, who married-Watson, and died before her mother, leaving six children, M. F., Martha E., E. 8., Cora E., E. S. and S. A. Watson; Lillian, who married -Franklin, and died before her mother, leaving one child, Bettie, who married John C. Saunders; Lon, who died before his mother, leaving one child, Lon, who afterwards died, leaving his mother, Mrs. Donald, his only heir at law; Emily, who married-McKinney, now dead; Bettie…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
The plaintiff in error and Lour ana Cartwright, who died about the year 1867, were husband and wife. They had eight children, of whom five survived their mother, and three died prior to her death, leaving children. The property in controversy was of the community estate of A. and Laurana Cartwright, and after the death of the latter, S. W. Moore acquired whatever interest certain grandchildren of Mrs. Cartwright, whose parents died before their grandmother did, took by inheritance from her in the community estate. These facts appear from the pleadings of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Burgess v. HargroveTexas Supreme Court · 1885
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