Goddard v. Reagan
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Cherokee. Tried below before Hon. Jas. T. Polley. 1. Property purchased during marriage, whether the conveyance be made to the husband or wife separately, or to them jointly, is presumed to belong to the community. Sayles’ Civ. Stats., art. 2852; Huston v. Curl, 8 Texas, 239; Lovev. Robertson,'7 Texas, 6; Kingv.
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Appeal from Cherokee. Tried below before Hon. Jas. T. Polley. 1. Property purchased during marriage, whether the conveyance be made to the husband or wife separately, or to them jointly, is presumed to belong to the community. Sayles’ Civ. Stats., art. 2852; Huston v. Curl, 8 Texas, 239; Lovev. Robertson,'7 Texas, 6; Kingv. Gilleland, 60Texas, 274; Chapman v. Allen, 15 Texas, 278; Cooke v. Bremond, 27 Texas, 457; Stiles v. Japhet, 84 Texas, 95; Epperson v. Jones, 65 Texas, 425. 2. Whether property acquired by the wife in another State while residing there with her husband is or is'not her…
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
This was an action of trespass to try title, in which appellant, plaintiff below, claimed three tracts of land under purchase at a sale under a deed in trust executed by R. B. Reagan, May 20, 1889, to secure his note and interest coupons, of same date, to one Bartlett; and in which appellees claim as heirs of Mrs. Martha Reagan, a former wife of R. B. Reagan, upon the ground that the property, though acquired during the marriage, by deeds, one of which was to R. B. Reagan and the other to R. B. and Martha Reagan, was nevertheless the separate property of the wife,…
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