Pannell v. Askew
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Hopkins County ; R. L. Porter, Judge. Trespass to try title by Sylvia Pannell against Henry Askew and others. From the-judgment, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWillson, C. J.
Appellant a negress and' a widow, about 90 years of age, was the plaintiff below. Her suit was against appel-lees Henry Askew and Ella Lee, who were her great-grandchildren, and appellee Charley Lee, husband of Ella, to try the title to about 70 acres of land in Hopkins county.
It appeared from the testimony that on February 17, 1896, appellant was the owner of the land in controversy, and at the time of the trial was still the owner of it, unless, as claimed by appellees, she had, by a deed of gift of that date, purporting to have been executed by her, conveyed it to appellees Henry Askew and…
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