Adams v. Sheffield

Appellant filed this suit in the district court of Hardin county, Tex., in the ordinary form of trespass to try title to recover from appellee, trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of L. G. Foxworth, bankrupt, the title and possession of certain real estate, being lots and tracts of land in the town of Kountze in Hardin county. Appellant alleged that appellee, said trustee in bankruptcy, entered into the possession of the land on about January 1, 1924, and ousted appellant from the possession of same, and claimed damages in the sum of $1,000. Appellee filed a plea to the jurisdiction of the…