Kountze v. Smith

GALLAGHER, Chief Justice.

Appellees, Mrs. Grace W. Smith and her husband, A. Foster Smith, brought this suit in the district court of McLennan county against appellants, Chas. T. Kount-ze and Denman Kountze, to recover, as the separate property of Mrs. Smith, an undivided interest in several tracts of land situated in Brown, Jackson, Matagor-da, McMullen, Tyler, and Wharton counties. Appellees resided at the time, and still reside, in McLennan county, and appellants were then and are now nonresidents of this state. Appellants, in what they termed a plea of privilege, challenged the…