Wells v. W. T. Carter & Bro.

O’QUINN, Justice.

Mrs. Ellen Wells and others, claiming 'as the heirs of John Jones and wife, Tennessee Jones, brought this suit in trespass to try title against W. T. Carter & Bro., a copartnership, and numerous individual defendants, to recover title and possession of 160 acres of land, a portion of the James Morgan survey in Polk county, Tex., to include what was known as “the old Bailey place,” now known as the John Jones place. Plaintiff's alleged that the dwelling and outhouses of their an-cestors, John Jones and wife, under whom they claimed, and about 2 acres of the cultivated lakid,…