Krebs' Executors v. Welch's Administrator

T. D. Welch, the appellee’s intestate, filed his petition in a suit for the administration of the estate of Isaac Krebs, asserting a claim against it. Welch died pending the suit, and his administrator filed an amended petition. The material averments of the petition and the amended petiton are, that by a deed executed in the year 1881, Issac Krebs, of the county of Frederick, State of Virginia, in consideration of the sum of $1,151.25, paid and to be paid as provided in the deed, conveyed to William Cunningham, of Harris county, State of Texas, 2,302 1-2 acres of land situated in the…