Broom v. Pearson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Rusk County; Daniel Walker, Judge. Suit by Permelia Broom and others against John Pearson, to which P. J. O. Wood and W. H. Wood were made parties defendant. From-the judgment, plaintiffs appeal.
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Appeal from District Court, Rusk County; Daniel Walker, Judge. Suit by Permelia Broom and others against John Pearson, to which P. J. O. Wood and W. H. Wood were made parties defendant. From-the judgment, plaintiffs appeal. This was a suit of trespass to try title and' for damages (statutory in form), brought by Bertha Compton, Thomas Brown, and appellants Permelia Broom and her husband John Broom, George B. Compton, Minnie Love-lady and her husband Luther Lovelady, Thomas Compton, and Bird Compton, against appellee John Pearson. Bertha Compton died after the suit was commenced, leaving the…
1Opinion of the Court
WILLSON, O. J.
(after stating the facts as above). [1] The contention made that appellants owned a 3/16 interest in the land and therefore that the court erred when he found that they owned only, a 26/144 interest, must be overruled. The interest owned by appellants does nofi appear from the testimony forming a part- of the record sent to this court. The burden was on them to prove the extent of their interest in the land; and, having failed to do so, they have no right to complain that the interest awarded to them was less than the interest they in fact owned. Laferiere v. Richards, 28 Tex.…
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