Duckworth v. Collie
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Eastland. County; E. A. Hill, Judge. Suit, by W. J. Duckworth and others against W. M. Collie and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDunklin, J.
In the year 1899 Benjamin R. Lamance and wife, by warranty deed, conveyed to S. A. Duckworth 80 acres of land in Eastland county. At the time of said conveyance Duckworth was a married man, and the property was community property of himself and his wife, Mrs. Janie Duckworth. Mrs. Janie Duckworth died in April, 1900, while she and her husband and their children were residing on the land. On December 29, 1900, S. A. Duckworth married a second wife, who, together with himself and children by the first marriage, continued to live on the land until November 24, 1904, when he sold it to W. W.…
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