Walker v. Pittman

B00KH0UT, Associate Justice.

This suit was instituted by S. S. Walker for himself and Mary A. Walker, as administratrix of the estate of S. D. Walker, on August 1, 1895, in the usual form of trespass to try title, against J. U. Pittman, to recover 400 acres of land, a part of the Sanders Walker 640-acre survey in Ellis County, Texas. The petition alleged that S. D. and S. S. Walker were the sole heirs of the patentee, Sanders Walker.

The defendant Pittman having filed a disclaimer as to any interest in the land, plaintiffs amended, making T. J. and Josiah Emery parties defendant. The Emerys…