Griggs v. Reed

COLLINGS, Justice.

This is a suit for partition of a 160 acre tract of land situated in Howard County, Texas. Plaintiffs, Mrs. Jules Reed Griggs, Mrs. Dinnie Reed Ravenscraft, William Franklin Reed, Arlis E. Reed, Elmira Reed Teeter, J. B. Reed (also known as J. B. Brown) and Inez Cone Thorp brought this action against defendants, Laura Burnett Reed, Jack Reed and A. W. Reed. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants were in actual possession of the land and premises and had been since on or about December 24, 1927 but that plaintiffs and defendants were joint owners in fee simple of said land and…