Padgett v. Padgett

HUGHES, Justice.

This is a suit in trespass to try title in which the principal question presented is: What effect, if any, is to be given to the judgments in a prior partition suit between the parties or their predecessors in title involving the land in suit?

The property in controversy is an undivided ⅛⅛ of ⅛⅛ royalty in 445 acres of land in Coke County, Texas.

Plaintiffs below, appellants here, are J. D. and S. C. Padgett, Viola and Patsy Ann Blair and O. G. Heins who are the heirs and hold the title, if any, of J. C. Pad-gett, the only child of J. N. Padgett and his first wife Melissie…