Gatlin v. Southwestern Settlement & Development Corp.

WALKER, Chief Justice.

This is an action in trespass to try title by appellants, Matilda Gatlin et al., claiming under Felix and Celia Samuel, husband and wife, former slaves of Judge D. R. Wingate, against appellees, Southwestern Settlement & Development Corporation et al., holding the record title under Judge Wingate, to recover the title and possession of 160 acres of land described by metes and bounds, out of the north one-half of the D. S. D. Moore league of land in Newton county; in the alternative, to recover an undivided 160 acres of land including their possessions; and in the second…