Yarborough v. Tolbert

CONNER, O. J.

The appellants Mrs. M. M. Yarborough and Mrs. Lily Y. Cunningham, as the surviving wife and daughter of Peter Yarborough, deceased, instituted this suit on July 2, 1924, against Cora A. Tolbert and Mrs. Emma C. Elliott, surviving wife and daughter of W. H. Yarborough, Jr., deceased, to recover a one-eighth interest in a tract of about 1,257 acres of land in Montague county, Tex. The land in controversy was a part of the community property of B. B. Yarborough and wife, Caroline Yar-borough. Caroline Yarborough died testate on November 21, 1889, survived by her husband, B. B.…