Maverick v. Burney

GAINES, Chief Justice.

—This was an action of trespass to try title, brought by Lenora Mitchell, a feme sole, and by Ella Mauerman and Julia A. Burney, who were married women, and were joined by their husbands, to recover of Sam Maverick and Reagan Houston undivided interests in a tract of land consisting of 475 acres, and for partition. The petition alleged, that the real parties plaintiff owned each an undivided one-fourth interest in the premises in controversy, but did not allege the interest held by the defendants. As the result of the trial, the court adjudged that Ella Mauerman and…