Grigsby v. Reib
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Dallas County. Jessie Stallcup, taking the name and claiming to be the surviving wife of G. M. D. Grigsby, deceased, sued Mrs. Reib and others to establish her rights in alleged community property of deceased and herself. Defendants had judgment which was affirmed on plaintiff's appeal, and thereupon she obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brown
Jessie Stalleup Grigsby, hereafter styled plaintiff, instituted this suit in a District Court of Dallas County against Eliza J. Reib, hereafter designated defendant. The husband of Mrs. Reib was joined, but, they having been divorced, he was dismissed from the case.
G. M. D. Grigsby, a childless widower, and brother nof Mrs. Reib, died in 1906 leaving a valuable estate, much of which was claimed and held by Mrs. Reib under her brother’s will. There is no question of defendants’ title to the property except as the claim of plaintiff may be superior thereto. We will therefore omit all…
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