James v. Davis

GRAVES, Justice.. “This appeal is from a judgment of the district court of Anderson County, Texas, in favor of Joe N. Davis, appellee, and against Maggie James, Maymon Durham, Herbert Durham, and Willie Miers, who were plaintiffs, rendered by the court without the aid of a jury, on the 29th day of May, 1940. The plaintiffs, claiming to be the sole surviving heirs of Sallie Durham, deceased, filed the suit on September 25, 1936, against Joe N. Davis to recover the title and possession of Lots 7 and 8 in Block M of Jackson’s Addition to the City of Palestine. The defendant, Davis, pleaded the…