King v. Morris
Texas Commission of Appeals
1Opinion of the CourtCritz, J.
We have concluded that we were in error in holding in the original opinion:
“Whatever those rights were, they came in part to the widow in virtue of community sur-vivorship and in part by descent.”
The uneontroverted evidence in this case shows that whatever rights the widow had in the cause in issue in this case was community property of herself and her deceased husband, E. A. King, and, they having a daughter, -Mrs. Richardson, one of the plaintiffs in error, the rights of Mrs. E. A. King were those of the surviving wife in the community and not as heir of her deceased husband. Re-Wised Civil…
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