Johnson v. Hampton

Hampton, the appellee, filed this suit in the form of an action of trespass to try title for the recovery of 25 acres of land situated in Morris county. He claimed title through a deed from J. R. Hampton as administrator of the estate of Grant and Angelina Collins, deceased. Appellants, defendants below, are the children of Grant and Angelina Collins. They answered by a plea of not guilty, and specially pleaded as follows:

"For special answer if it be necessary, defendants say: That they are the children and the only heirs at law of Grant and Angelina Collins. That Grant Collins died in 1919,…