First Nat. Bank of Fort Worth v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co.

DUNKLIN, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by Harrison H. Morse, as administrator of the estate of John A. Jackson, deceased, against John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Ethelene Jackson and Marietta Jackson Scurry, surviving daughters of John A. Jackson, and W. C. Scurry, husband of Marietta Jackson Scurry, also joined as a defendant. The suit was in trespass to try title to a. tract of 201.1 acres of land in Wise and Denton counties.

In a second count in the petition, plaintiff, sought a cancellation of a deed of conveyance of the land made by the deceased to his two…