Terry v. Howard

CLAUDE WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.

Roy H. Terry, F. S. Terry, Robert H. West, Lorraine West, and A. Due West brought this action in the District Court against J. E. Howard and numerous other defendants seeking to clear title to eighteen tracts of land in Dallas County. Most of the defendants were served with citation by publication. Subsequently, the trial court appointed ten attorneys ad litem to represent all defendants that had been served with citation by publication. Thereafter, all plaintiffs, with the exception of A. Due West, took a nonsuit against the defendants, thereby discharging a…