Hensley v. Salinas

This lawsuit originated as a trespass-to-try title suit to a certain 1452.6-acre tract located in Starr County. An agreed judgment was entered in the trial court which purports to represent a compromise between all of the plaintiffs of record and eight of the defendants of record. A default judgment was entered against the other eleven defendants. The agreed judgment which was entered on March 8, 1978, recites that all of the plaintiffs appeared “by and through their attorney of record” and that all approved of the settlement “as to form and substance.” The agreed judgment was signed by the…