Legal Opinion

Barkley v. Gibbs

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 26, 1918No. 7465PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Madison County ; S. W. Dean, Judge. Trespass to try title by R. W. Barkley and others against Mrs. Sallie E. Gibbs and others. Judgment for defendant Sallie E. Gibbs, and plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtLane, J.

This is an action in trespass to try title brought by appellants R. W. Barkley, R. J. Randolph, Mabel Durst Hail and husband, J. P. Hail, Laura Kittrell and husband, W. H. Kittrell, and H. Durst, Jr., against Mrs. Sallie E. Gibbs and Margaret S. Seales, to recover 216 acres of land situated partly in each of the two counties of Leon and Madison in the state of Texas. Mrs. Susie L. Brooks and husband, S. Y. Brooks, were made parties defendant by Mrs. Gibbs on their warranty. Judgment was in favor of Mrs. Sallie E. Gibbs against all plaintiffs.

Plaintiffs’ petition was in the ordinary form of…

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