BURK ROYALTY COMPANY v. RILEY

No. B-2681.

475 S.W.2d 566 (1972)

BURK ROYALTY COMPANY et al., Petitioners, v. Billie Rae RILEY et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied February 16, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanders, Masters & Watson, H. W. Sanders, Wichita Falls, McMahon, Smart, Sprain, Wilson & Camp, Stephen H. Suttle, Abilene, for petitioner, Burk Royalty Co.

Wagstaff, Alvis, Alvis & Leonard, Robert H. Alvis, Abilene, for petitioner, Citizens National Bank in Abilene.

Rutledge & Rutledge, R. M. Rutledge, Ben Niedecken, City Atty., Edward R. Paynter, Dist. Atty., Robert E. Ford, Abilene, for respondents.


REAVLEY, Justice.

Disposition of this case turns upon the status of a homestead exemption for an interest in urban property owned by a woman who remained on the property with her minor children after divorce but who then remarried and moved to live with her new husband. The trial court found against the claimed homestead exemption and rendered judgment in favor of lien claimants in the order of their priorities. The court of civil appeals remanded the cause for the...

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