Yarbrough v. Whitman

This was an action of trespass to try title brought by plaintiffs in error, who were the children and grandchildren of Lucy Ann Haile, against defendants in error, W. P. Whitman, who claimed a part of the land under a tax title and disclaimed as to the rest, H. G. McConnell, whose defense was the statute of limitation of five years, and the other defendants, who deraigned title through conveyances from Lucy Ann Haile and Samuel C. Haile, her husband, and who also pleaded limitation.

The land in controversy was an undivided interest of three hundred and twenty acres conveyed by Isaac Parker and…