Pickering v. Harris

This suit was filed by C. M. Pickering, Sr., hereafter designated plaintiff, against Myrtle Harris and her husband, hereafter designated defendant, to cancel a deed from the plaintiff to the defendant Myrtle Harris, and recover title and possession of 145.84 acres of land in' Lamar county, Tex., on the ground of mental incapacity' on the part of the plaintiff to execute the deed. Trial in the district court with a jury on one special issue resulted in a verdict and judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth District at Texarkana, which court…