Hutcheson & Carrington v. Meazell
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Navarro. Tried below before the Hon. L. D. Bradley. This" action of trespass to try title was begun by appellants, September, 1882, against M. M. Meazell, A. M. Smith, Jake Carroll, Frank Carroll, Nelson White, Isaac Carroll, and Gilber Jessie. In December, 1882, Meazell and Smith only having answered, judgment by default was taken against all except Meazell and Smith.
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Appeal from Navarro. Tried below before the Hon. L. D. Bradley. This" action of trespass to try title was begun by appellants, September, 1882, against M. M. Meazell, A. M. Smith, Jake Carroll, Frank Carroll, Nelson White, Isaac Carroll, and Gilber Jessie. In December, 1882, Meazell and Smith only having answered, judgment by default was taken against all except Meazell and Smith. An interlocutory judgment was entered, and the cause continued for final disposition as to the other parties. The pleadings of appellees consist of a general denial and a plea of forgery. Appellants claim the larri…
1Opinion of the Court
Robertson, Associate Justice.
The land in controversy was patented to M. M. Meazell, who died in 1857, leaving as his only heirs seven children. The appellants brought suit for the land, claiming through a deed purporting to be the deed of these heirs. One of these heirs and the surviving husband of another were defendants in the suit, and upon their prayer, the court below, having first determined that the deed from the Meazell heirs was a forgery, divested the appellants of all title and vested it in these two defendants. Mrs. Mary Ann Pickett was one of the heirs; in her part these two…
2Cited by1 opinion
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