Lewis v. Terrell

TARLTOisT, Chibe Justice.

In this suit the appellants, John C. Lewis, F. J. Lewis, H. W. Hawkins and wife, V. A. Hawkins, W. R. Herndon and wife, Alice Herndon, and George W. Armstrong, seek to recover of the appellee, J. P. Terrell, an undivided fractional interest in the Jeremiah Ivy 320 acres survey, situated in Denton County.

The interests asserted are those of two out of eight of the heirs of Charles Lewis and Martha Lewis, husband and wife, who were the owners of the survey in question. The defendant is the admitted owner of the interests of the remaining heirs. He claims title, however,…