HODGE v. HICKS

No. A-2723.

233 S.W.2d 557 (1950)

HODGE et al. v. HICKS et al.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied November 28, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geo. K. Holland and Lee J. Taylor, Dallas, for petitioners.

Turner & Turner, Dallas, for respondents.


HART, Justice.

In this suit which Katie Hodge and her husband brought for partition of real estate and for accounting of rents, Katie Hodge's contention is that she is entitled to inherit from her father, Jim Jefferson, because she was born following a valid common law marriage between her father and her mother, Isabella Jefferson. There is evidence to the effect that Jim and Isabella Jefferson lived together as husband and wife, that each acknowledged that he or...

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