Watson v. Chappell

FINLEY, Chief Justice.

E. A. Watson and W. L. Gross filed this suit against J. W. Chappell, it being an action of trespass to try title to a tract of land situated in Delta County. The suit was filed September 3, 1896. On February 1, 1897, the defendant Chappell filed his answer, consisting of a general demurrer, general denial, plea of not guilty, and the statute of limitations of three and ten years.

March 4,1897, Malinda Etheridge and M. E. McConnell, her daughter by a former marriage, intervened as defendants in the suit, affirmatively claiming title in themselves and adopting the original…