Hendrix v. Hendrix

Citations

• 46 Tex. 6

Syllabus

<p>1. Homestead.—If, at the time of the husband’s decease, there was a homestead, the widow cannot abandon it and select another out of the estate in lieu thereof.</p> <p>2. Approved, Rogers v. Ragland, 42 Tex., 422.</p> <p>3. Estates of decedents—Practice—Judgments.—Ho judgment can be rendered in favor of one claiming against an executor, after exceptions are sustained to his.answer, on an assumed confession of the facts alleged in the petition. The facts on which a claim of right against the estate is based must be sustained by evidence.</p>