McDougall v. McDougall

On Motion for Rehearing

It is undisputed that Mrs. Myrtle Mc-Dougall paid $3,000 to discharge a vendor’s lien against the land and made valuable improvements thereon. See Linz v. Bower, Tex.Civ.App., 86 S.W.2d 63, 66; Hacker v. Hacker, Tex.Civ.App., 4 S.W.2d 218; 86 C.J.S. Tenancy in Common § 66, p. 441. There was no demand for possession by plaintiffs until about the time suit was filed. Since her first husband’s death Myrtle McDougall has occupied the land, 200 acres of which is her homestead, and, during part of that time, leased some of it to others and retained the proceeds. See 86 C.J.S.…