Gibbs v. Barkley

Defendants in error sued plaintiff in error in trespass to try title to recover the 216-acre tract of land described in the pleadings. Pleasant W. Kittrell is the common source of title. Defendants in error are claiming the land, as heirs of Mary E. P. Barkley, a daughter of P. W. Kittrell. Plaintiff in error asserts ownership in virtue of mesne conveyances from the common source of title down to and into herself. Included in her chain of title is a deed from Mary E. P. Barkley and D. M. D. Barkley, conveying the 1,500-acre tract described in the conveyance from Kittrell to Mary E. P. Barkley…