Griffin v. Hale

SELLERS, Justice.

Maggie G. Hart, joined by her husband, Ernest F. Hart, Annie G. Casper, a widow, and J. P. Griffin brought this suit in trespass to try title against H. P. Hale and the Magnolia Petroleum Company. The land involved is fifty acres of the Mary Van Winkle survey located in Gregg county. The plaintiffs in their petition specifically pleaded their title to the land. The defendants interposed a general demurrer to plaintiffs’ petition which was sustained by the court, and plaintiffs refusing to amend, their suit was dismissed. To this ruling and judgment of the court, plaintiffs…