Cook v. Cook

DUNAGAN, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves the title to a portion of a 230.5-acre tract of land located in Anderson County, Texas. Appellants’ claim requires the tracing of funds belonging to one community estate into the purchase of the land in question during a subsequent community.

Appellants, J. C. Cook, James Y. Cook, Amelia Cook Posey, and the heirs of Edgar and Wilmur Cook, some of the children of W. L. Cook, Sr., and Eula Todd Cook, sought to establish a ½ interest in a 230.5-acre tract of land inherited from their mother who died intestate on February 27, 1920. The property was…