Irwin v. Tollett

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

J. C. Irwin, Jr. and wife, and others, sued Mattie Tollett, an insane person, John R. Stockton, individually and as guardian of her estate; and Lodeíla Miller Hanke, individually and as guardian of said estate, in trespass to try title to a ⅛⅛ interest in 162 acres of land in Throckmorton County, subject to an outstanding royalty. In the alternative, plaintiffs alleged that, in 1940, Stockton was duly appointed guardian, of Said estate and, acting under the orders of the probate court, sold said ⅝⅛ interest to Irwin for $180 cash, reserving in said guardian’s deed a…