Porter v. Rogers

This suit was instituted by Mrs. Kate Rogers and husband and Mrs. Willie Rogers and husband against appellants Mrs. Tyson and husband, and against Jeff Kemp, executor of the estate of Lizzie B. Wilson, deceased, and against Mrs. Jennie Porter, to establish a one-tenth interest in and to 1,291 acres of land in Palls and Bell counties, Texas, which they claimed was held in the name of Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Tyson. The plaintiffs below further asked in their petition for a partition of the property. The cause was tried to a jury, submitted on one issue, and, based on the answer of the jury thereto…