Wallace C. Hodge v. A. A. Ellis

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court reversed the lower courts as to the Wilson property, holding it passes to the petitioners under the will, while affirming that the Stewart and Walker properties are community property; the court remanded for the trial court to determine the respondent's election between his community interests and his life estate. Justice Smith concurred in part and dissented in part, disagreeing with the majority's conclusion on the Wilson property.