Schwingle v. Keifer
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Fourth District, in an appeal from El Paso County. Veneranda Schwingle sued Keifer, as executor of Jacob Schwingle, deceased, and others, to establish her rights as widow of deceased and owner of half of property alleged to belong to their community estate. Defendants had judgment which was affirmed on appeal by plaintiff and thereon she obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brown
Jacob Schwingle, a German without wife or children unless plaintiff in error was such wife, resided in El Paso, Texas, in that portion occupied principally by Mexicans. He made a will which was duly probated, C. C. Keifer being nominated executor who qualified as provided by law.
The controversy in this case does not involve the proceedings in the probate court, nor the validity of the will, except as hereinafter stated. The plaintiff in error brought this action to recover one-half of the property which constituted Schwingle’s estate as being community property between herself as wife and…
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