Perry v. Venable

NEALON, Chief Justice.

This suit was filed originally by J. M. McDavid against Cloteel Perry, Louise Womack, who are his sisters, R. H. Venable, and others. The husbands of Cloteel Perry and Louise, Womack were joined as party defendants. The suit involved certain described land in Rusk county, Tex. McDavid sought partition of the surface estate among himself and his said sisters. He also sought recovery of alleged interest in the property from several defendants, including R. H. Venable. The suit as against all defendants, except Mrs. Perry and Mrs. Womack, was in the usual form of trespass…