Askey v. Williams

Gaines, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought by appellee against appellants to establish his title to an undivided one-third interest in a tract of land described in his petition and for partition. Appellants Mrs. Askey and Mrs. McAdoo were alleged each to own an undivided one-third interest in the land, and their husbands were made parties defendant. Mrs. Belle Ware was also made a party defendant, the petition alleging that she had once claimed an interest in the land and had never formally relinquished her claim. The defendants denied the allegations of the petition and pleaded…