Curtis v. Cockrell

LIGHTFOOT, Chief Justice.

— This suit was brought by appellee, L. J. Cockrell, as the surviving widow of Wesley Cockrell, deceased, to recover the homestead of herself and decedent, and praying in the alternative, that in the event she was not allowed to recover the land as such homestead, then that she have judgment for a life estate of one-third of such lands. The heirs of decedent set up, that said appellee had abandoned said Wesley Cockrell in his life-time, and had forfeited her right to the homestead.

The facts proved justify the conclusions, that Wesley Cockrell and appellee were married…