Barker v. Graham

COMBS, Justice.

This suit was filed b.y appellees as an action in trespass to try title in the district court of Henderson County to recover title and possession of 115 acres of land. Appellants, who were defendants in the suit, filed a plea to the jurisdiction seeking to abate the suit on the ground 'that administration was pending on the estate of Marion Barker, deceased, under whom both plaintiffs and defendants claimed title. The plea was overruled and a trial on the merits resulted in an instructed verdict in favor of the plaintiffs, appellees here. We have concluded that the only…