H. E. Watson Et Al. v. Margaret Todd

The question before is us whether the trial court abused his discretion in refusing to set aside a default judgment. Judgment was rendered on May 26, 1958, which found a certain 234 acre tract of land in Young County to be the community property of plaintiff Margaret Todd and her deceased husband, W. B. Todd, that plaintiff lived upon, used and occupied the property as her homestead. She was decreed an undivided one-half interest in the property and a designated 200 acres therein was set aside to her as her homestead in accordance with the provision of the Texas Probate Code, § 271, V.A.T.S.