P. J. Willis & Bro. v. McIntyre
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Grimes. Tried below before the Hon. Herman G. Kittrell.
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
This is an action of trespass to try title, instituted by the appellants to recover three hundred and sixteen and three-quarter acres of land. The defendants disclaimed as to fifty-two acres, but the defendants McJunkins and Garvin asserted title to the remainder. Mrs. Garvin and Mrs. McJunkins were daughters of J. C. McIntyre, who was the owner of the land prior to December, 1878. In that month McIntyre made a parol gift of one hundred and thirty-two and three-eighths acres of the land to his daughter, Mrs. Garvin, and her husband, and in the following March he…
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