Best v. Nix & Storey

KEY, Associate Justice.

Appellants, Mrs. Bathsheba Ponton (formerly Best) and Mrs. Mattie Terrell, joined by their respective husbands, were plaintiffs in the court below, in a petition embracing the elements of" both a bill of review to set aside a judgment and of trespass to try title to 1000 acres of land awarded by the judgment to one Robert Dorn (under whom the appellees claim), in a suit instituted by the guardian of John, Stephen, and Emily Best (under whom appellants claim) against said Dorn. The trial court sustained a general demurrer and special exceptions to appellants’ petition,…