Worley v. Empire Gas & Fuel Co.

Mr. Judge German

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

The substance of the certificate of the Court of Civil Appeals may be stated as follows:

T. J. Tuttle and wife, Nancy Jane Tuttle prior to 1915, were owners of approximately 330 acres of land in Gregg County, which was their community property. Mrs. Tuttle died in 1915, leaving her husband and ten children surviving her. Prior to the death of Mrs. Tuttle she and T. J. Tuttle had resided upon the 330 acres as their homestead, and after her death T. J. Tuttle and some of the children continued to reside thereon. On…