Harris v. Petty

Gaines, Associate Justice.

This suit is an action of trespass to try title brought by plaintiff in error, a minor, by her next friend, to recover of defendants in error the two tracts of land described in her petition. There was no controversy about the evidence in the court below, and the facts, as briefly stated, are these: On July 4, 1868, the land in controversy was the separate property of A. E. Harris, the wife of W. B. Harris. On that day Mrs. Harris, joined by her husband, conveyed the premises sued for to one W. T. Calwell, in trust, for the use and benefit of their minor children,…