Bluitt v. Pearson

This suit was instituted by appellees, some 24 in number, as heirs of Mattie Dancy, deceased, against appellants to recover an undivided one-sixth interest in 40 acres of land, including the mineral rights, and in addition they asked for judgment for certain sums of money which they claimed appellants were due them as heirs of said Mattie Dancy. The cause was tried to a jury, submitted on special issues and ie- sulted in a judgment being entered in favor of appellees in line with their petition. It appears that Mattie and Eelix Dancy, two negroes, owned a 40-acre tract of land in the heart of…