Long v. Chapman

SPEER, Justice.

J. R. Long, plaintiff below, sued Wilbur J. Chapman in trespass to try title, by petition filed March 17, 1937. The land involved is described by metes and bounds in the petition. Subsequent to the institution of the suit, Chapman sold the lands claimed by him to J. D. Craft, who intervened in the suit. Long amended his pleadings and sought relief as against both Chapman and Craft. Both defendants joined issues with plaintiff by pleas of not guilty, and Craft pleaded, in due order, abatement by res judicata in a former suit between L. T. Richardson (Craft’s predecessor in…