Court of Appeals of Texas May 8, 1895, No. 1834. (Smith v. Smith)

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

J. J. Smith and wife, Margaret Smith, emigrated from Mississippi to Texas in 1856, and settled in Bosque County on the William H. Smith 1280 acres survey involved in this controversy. They brought with them 100 slaves, some oxen, wagons, mules and money. Under the laws of Mississippi, this property belonged to the husband.