Harris v. Hicks

FINLEY, Associate Justice.

— The appellees herein, as heirs of Mary Harris and devisees of Jim Harris, brought this suit in the District Court of Collin County on August 12, 1895, to recover of defendants their alleged interests in their estates, and for partition.

On September 12, 1895, the plaintiffs, except W. P. Harris, filed in said cause their application for a receiver to take possession and control of all the property in dispute pending the suit. The basis of the application was-their alleged joint interest with defendants in the property, and the misapplication of trust funds by the…