White v. White

RICE, Chief Justice.

Appellant and the appellees are the children and sole surviving heirs of J. M. White and his wife, Rachel E. White, both deceased. J. M. White pre-deceased his wife and died intestate. Mrs. Rachel White departed this life on October 8, 1936.

On June 2, 1937, appellees filed a suit in the District Court of Navarro County against appellant, wherein they sought partition of a tract of 169 acres of land owned by their deceased father and mother at the time of their death. Thereupon, appellant on June 11, 1937, filed in the Probate Court of Navarro County an application to pro…