Campbell v. McLaughlin

Plaintiffs in error instituted this suit against defendants in error in the usual form of trespass to try title to recover 600 acres of land in Hardin county. The land was embraced in the Smith and Davidson grants and also in the David Choate grant, the Choate being junior to the Smith and Davidson, and there being a conflict involving the Choate. On June 3, 1873, all the title of David Choate to the land in controversy was sold under execution, and the plaintiffs in error are the owners of that title. The defendants in error claimed the land under David Choate and his wife, Mary Choate, as…