Pegues v. Moss

PRICE, Chief Justice.

For a preliminary statement of this case we shall largely adopt that contained in the brief of appellants. Appellants were plaintiffs below and appellees defendants. The parties will be hereinafter designated as in the trial court, except when named specifically.

On August 18, 1930, W. F. Bates died intestate in Ector County, Texas. The following are the chief items, if not all, of the property possessed by him at his death:

1. The Curry Ranch, a tract of 4,800 acres described as Sections 28, 32, 34, 38, 40, 44, 46 and the north one-half of 48, all in Block 44, Township 2 —…