Pugh v. Clark

CODY, Justice.

This was a trespass to try title action involving a tract of land in Anderson County, which, though slightly larger, is referred to throughout the record as consisting óf 70.3 acres. The suit was instituted December 8, 1947.

The plaintiffs claimed title through D. M. Anding, who died intestate on January 16, 1923. The source of defendants’ claim is J. A. Pugh and his wife, Rosa Anding Pugh, who was a daughter of the aforesaid D. M. Anding. And the said Pugh and wife claimed to have derived title in three different ways, (1) by a deed from a Negro named Burrell; (2) by adverse…