Pruett v. Trifon

GRAVES, Justice.

This appeal presents a recrudescence of an old legal dispute over the several jurisdiction and powers, respectively, of the district courts, in the exercise of their equity powers, and the justice courts, acting under R.S. Title 64 — Articles 3973 to 3994, inclusive, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. arts. 3973- 3994 — in forcible entry and detainer proceedings, with reference to the possessory right to real estate, as between contending parties.

This appellee sued appellants in the district court declaring upon a written lease from them to her of property in the town of Goose Creek, of…