Henderson v. Stone

HALL, Justice.

C. L. Plenderson as next friend and guardian of Martha L. Payne, a non compos mentis, hereinafter referred to simply as appellant, instituted this suit in trespass to try title in the district court of Rusk county against appellees, alleging that Martha L. Payne was the owner of a one-third undivided interest in a certain 50-acre tract of land, a part of the Prue PI. R. survey in Rusk county, Tex. Appellant alleged that Martha L. Payne inherited her interest in the land in controversy from her great-grandfather, Jedidiah Blackwell, and that she was a tenant in common with…