Dorothy Cockerham, Petitioners v. E. A. Cockerham, Respondent

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that the 320‑acre tract is half separate property of the husband and half community property, that the community interest in the tract and the dairy business are under joint management and thus subject to the dress‑shop debts, that those debts are joint liabilities making the husband's separate property liable, and that the bankruptcy and community creditors have equal priority; it reversed the lower courts in part, remanded for further determination, and affirmed that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in the overall property division.