Hunting v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; We. Masterson, Judge. Trespass to try title by W. E. Jones against Mrs. Augusta Hunting and others. Judgment in favor of plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLane, J.
This suit was brought by W. E. Jones against Mrs. Augusta Hunting, Mrs. M. T. Jones, Miss Jeanette Jones, M. T. Jones, Jr., a minor son of plaintiff, and John Goodwin Locke, a minor son of Mrs. Hunting, in the ordinary form of trespass to try title to certain various and sundry tracts of land which plaintiff alleges were devised to him by the will of his father, M. T. Jones, deceased. It may be said that the essential or main purpose of this suit is to obtain a judicial interpretation of the will of M. T. Jones, deceased, under which plaintiff, W. EL Jones, claims title to the land sued for.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lacey v. FloydTexas Supreme Court · 1905
- Pearce v. PearceTexas Supreme Court · 1911
- First National Bank v. Commercial National BankTexas Supreme Court · 1905
3Cited by3 opinions
- Hunting v. JonesTexas Commission of Appeals · 1919
- Jones v. GuynesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
- Poss v. KuhlmannCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920