John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Faries

ALEXANDER, Justice.

This action was brought by W. A. Faries against John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company in trespass to try title to recover 6½ acres of land in the Berry Ivy survey in Hill county. A statement of the surrounding circumstances is necessary to a proper understanding of the case. In 1925 Joe M. Faries, W. A. Faries, Howell D. Faries, and others were the joint owners of a tract of approximately 225 acres of land in the Berry Ivy survey in Hill county. They partitioned the same among the three above-named jointed owners by partition deeds as follows:

To Joe M. Faries they…