Cooper v. Lee

GARRETT, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought in the District Court of Harrison County on February 4, 1887, by the appellee, John H. Lee, to rescind a certain deed and recover of John T. Pierce a tract of land situated in Tarrant County. Pierce died after the institution of the suit, and the appellant, Cooper, became the administrator of his estate, with will annexed, and was made a party defendant to the suit. Annie L. Pierce, the widow, and John L. and Hope Pierce, the children,' and Mattie and Richard Godbold, also minors and devisees in the will, were also made defendants, and special…