Smith v. Patrick

J. F. Smith, as guardian of Ray Franklin Smith, a minor, instituted this suit in the regular form of a suit in trespass to try title to recover for the benefit of said minor a 4/10 interest in lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 in block 25 of the townsite addition to Olney, Tex. The defendants J. H. Patrick and others, claiming parts of such property, but not necessary to here name, answered by a general demurrer, a plea of not guilty, and specially to the effect that the defendants had acquired the property in controversy from the Stephens-Roach Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the state…