Stoker v. Stoker

So far as necessary to an understanding of our conclusion it will be sufficient to say that E. T. Stoker, a son of Allen and Nancy Stoker, deceased, joined' by others, sued C. T. Stoker, also a son of Allen and Nancy Stoker, and others to recover the southwest one-fourth of survey 18, block 8, public free school lands in Stephens county, Tex. Allen Stoker and wife, Nancy, are the common ancestors of all the parties to the suit. Allen Stoker died in 1886, and Nancy Stoker died in 1914, both intestate. As evidence of title, the plaintiffs, appellants here, offered the application of Allen…