Stiles v. Hawkins
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Third Supreme Judicial District. Action by Sam Stiles and others against B. F. Hawkins and others. A judgment foh plaintiffs was reversed by the Court of Civil Appeals (158 S. W. 1011), and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLENDON, J.
Plaintiffs in error brought this suit in trespass to try title against defendants in error to recover a one-half undivided interest in two surveys in Ellis county of 160 acres each, and for partition. The main question for our determination is whether the land involved was the separate property of George Stiles or the community property of George and Zilpah Stiles. Defendants in error are devisees under the will of Zilpah Stiles, and plaintiffs in error are the heirs at law of George Stiles.
The land sued for was a part of the Mississippi & Pacific Railroad reserve. It was surveyed on April 2,…
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