Collins v. Harris

The complaint filed by appellants in this cause alleged that their father, S. H. Collins, died seized and possessed of the lands described in the complaint, and that these lands constituted his homestead at the time of his death. After the death of S. H. Collins, his widow, the mother of appellants, married a man named Bailey, and Mrs. Bailey was appointed guardian for her children. The petition for her appointment as guardian referred to the children as Luther Bailey, age 17 years, and Hosie Lee Bailey, age 13 years. The name of the children was Collins, of course, but the mother used her…