Partin v. Holden

POWERS, Justice.

Eighteen plaintiffs sued in trespass to try title to establish their undivided fractional interests in 520 acres of land in McCulloch County, Texas.1 Tex.R.Civ.P.Ann. 783-809 (Supp.1983). They sued as well for partition of the land, if it be found susceptible of an equitable partition, or for a judgment ordering sale of the land, and distribution of the proceeds in accordance with all the owners’ undivided interests in the land, if it be found not susceptible of an equitable partition. Tex.R.Civ.P.Ann. 756-771 (1967). The defendants named in the cause were 24 individuals and…