Doake v. Taylor

The appellants commenced this action in the Dallas circuit court against the appellees and alleged in their complaint that they are the only surviving heirs at law of the late Mary T. Doake, and that said Mary T. Doake, mother of the appellants, was the only child of Adolphus D. Jones and his wife, Caroline A. Jones, each of whom is deceased, and that appellants are the grandchildren of the late Adolphus D. Jones and Caroline A. Jones. It was alleged that at the time of the death of Adolphus D. Jones he was the owner in fee simple of the lands in controversy; that Adolphus D. Jones has made a…