Jemison v. Halbert

Gould, Associate Justice.

This was an action of trespass to try title, instituted on February 6, 1869, by J. L. Halbert, against Robert S. and E. S. Jemison. In Hovember preceding the commencement of this suit, Robert S. Jemison had been adjudged a bankrupt, and on July 6, 1869, his interest in the land sued for was, under orders of the bankrupt court, sold by his assignee, and was bid off by his co-defendant and brother, E. 8. Jemison, by whose instructions the assignee, on July 7, 1869, conveyed the same to the plaintiffs in error, the wife and children of Robert S. Jemison. On the same day,…