W. C. Belcher Land Mortgage Co. v. Barfield

This suit was brought by appellees as the heirs of J. M. Sullivan, deceased, who died intestate, in trespass to try title to one-half undivided interest in approximately 700 acres of land patented to Samuel Andrews.

The record reveals that their claim is predicated upon the proposition that the land is the community estate of J. M. Sullivan and his wife, Susan Sullivan, the latter still living.

Appellants (defendants below) claim title and right to possession to the whole of the land, upon the proposition that it was the separate estate of Susan Sullivan and that they, through the conveyances…