Irvin v. Johnson

GHjL, Chief Justice.

W. H. Irvin brought this action of trespass to try title to recover of James and Fannie Johnson, husband and wife, and Sarah and Vina Johnson, minors, a piece of real estate situated in Houston, Texas.

The minors answered pleading not guilty, limitation, and that the property being the separate property of their mother did not pass by their father’s deed. That their father’s wife who joined in the deed of conveyance on which plaintiff rested his claim was not their mother but their stepmother. That they are the sole surviving heirs of their mother and the property belongs…