Barkley v. Gibbs

This was a suit in trespass to try title for 216 acres of land in Leon and Madison counties.

Defendant Margaret Scales disclaimed, and defendant S. E. Gibbs brought in her vendors, Susie L. Brooks et vir, S. Y. Brooks, on their warranty. Issues were joined between plaintiffs in error and defendants Gibbs and Brooks under pleas of not guilty and five and ten years’ limitation. The trial before a jury upon special issues resulted in a verdict upon which the court rendered judgment for defendants. Plaintiffs appealed, assigning errors raised in a motion for new trial and fundamental errors. The…