Menard v. McDonald

REESE, Associate Justice.

— Pierre A. Menard et al. sued Mary E. MacDonald et al. in trespass to try title to recover the Peter J. Menard league of land lying in Polk County. The case was tried without a jury and judgment rendered for defendants, from which plaintiffs appeal.

The material facts are as follows: * All parties claim title under Pierre Menard, ancestor of appellants; appellants by inheritance from said Pierre, and appellees under a sale and sheriff’s deed under a decree of the District Court of San Jacinto County in a. partition proceeding. The questions presented by this appeal…