Gaines v. Lee

RICE, Chief Justice.

Cleo Gaines and her husband, Vernon I. Gaines, brought this suit against A. A. Lee and others for the purpose -of setting aside two deeds insofar as the same affected the title of Cleo Gaines to certain real estate.

The wife of J. T. Lee predeceased him and left no will. J. T. Lee died in 1934, leaving a will which was denied probate. On his death the community estate of himself and his deceased wife consisted of 176 acres of land situate in Freestone county, Texas, the title to which vested by inheritance in their eleven surviving children, and the surviving widow and…