Hyatt v. Venters

Citations

• 41 Tex. 285

Syllabus

<p>Partition op estates of deceased persons.—Plaintiffs brought suit for a partition, claiming in right of their mother, who died in 1862, against the administrator of their father, who died in 1867, and his widow and child by a second marriage: Held, that to entitle plaintiffs to a partition as against the survivor of the community estate, it was incumbent to allege facts showing that a general distribution of the estate was ready to be made, and that after such partition sufficient assets were left to satisfy the community debts.</p>