Hill v. Noland
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harrison County; H. T. Lyttleton, Judge. Action by Tom Hill and others against Patsy Noland and others. From a judgment sustaining a general demurrer to the petition, plaintiffs appeal. The court sustained a general demurrer to the petition, and the appeal is to revise the ruling.
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Appeal from District Court, Harrison County; H. T. Lyttleton, Judge. Action by Tom Hill and others against Patsy Noland and others. From a judgment sustaining a general demurrer to the petition, plaintiffs appeal. The court sustained a general demurrer to the petition, and the appeal is to revise the ruling. According to the petition Mack Noland died intestate and without any children, but left surviving him his wife, Patsy Noland, the appellee, and the appellants, who are his brothers and sisters. Patsy NolaDd and her husband owned and at his death were in possession of certain community…
1Opinion of the CourtLevy, J.
(after stating the facts as above). The petition admits that Patsy Noland is the wife of Mack Noland, deceased, and that the property in controversy was their community estate, and that there was no child of the marriage, and that the deceased left no will. Appellants admittedly rely for title and the right to possession to the one-half undivided interest of Mack Noland, deceased, and upon the further allegation that the wife murdered or procured to be murdered her husband for the sole purpose of investing herself with the title to his one-half of the property.
Assuming, as we must, that the…
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