Burton v. Thornton

LANE, Justice.

Jessie Burton, Irene Marshall and husband, Will Marshall, Ernest Warner, and Sam Ford filed this suit in the form of trespass to try title to lots 8, 9, and 10 out of the J. D. Long two-acre tract, situated in the city of Houston on the north side of Buffalo bayou, in Harris county, Tex., against Sam Thornton, Ruth Thornton, and> Nathaniel Thornton.

They allege that they own the land in fee simple, holding title under a deed from the heirs of- M. De Chaumes, deceased, to Kellon Coleman, of date November 16, 1871. In the alternative,they prayed as follows: “That in the event the…