Dean v. Jagoe

SPEER, Associate Justice.

This is an action of trespass to try title brought by J. W. Jagoe to recover from E. E. Dean and others one hundred and sixty acres of land in Denton County patented to the heirs of Benjamin I. Burton. There was also a prayer for rents. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the land and the sum of one thousand dollars rents, which sum, however, was subsequently reduced by remittitur to five hundred dollars. The defendants in the action have appealed.

Appellee’s right to a recovery in this case depends upon the validity of a will…