Pemberton v. Leatherwood

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

H. L. Pemberton and others filed this suit in the County Court of Erath County to partition the residue of the estate of Henry O. Pemberton, deceased. Plaintiffs alleged they were all of his heirs and that they were each entitled to a one-fifth interest in said estate. A. C. Leatherwood and others were defendants. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants had or claimed some interest in the properties belonging to the estate “which claim or interest therein, if any, was acquired while administration was pending on said estate and subject to said administration proceedings.”…