Bell v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge."

This is an arson case; the punishment, five years’ confinement in the state penitentiary.

The indictment alleged ownership of the burned building “as a house then and there owned by the said I. S. Bell, and occupied by and in possession of Estell Parker.”

The facts affirmatively reflect that, at the time of the fire, Estel Parker was a married woman, and that she and her husband were using and occupying the house as their house, and as tenants of the appellant.

Appellant insists that, under such facts, Estell Parker could not have had the possession and control of the house as…