Texas Pac. Coal & Oil Co. v. Norton
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Stephens County; W. R. Ely, Judge. Suit by Mrs. A. Norton and others against the Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company and another, in which Mrs. Norton took a nonsuit as to her individual claim and the court instructed a verdict in favor of the other plaintiffs against both defendants, and from the judgment thereon the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
Mrs. M. A. Norton, a widow, and her children, E. B., J. E., Bydia, a feme sole, Clark, a minor by next friend, and Mrs. Pludie Smith, joined by her husband, E. W. Smith, and three other parties,. Jack and Will Black and B. S. Walker, filed suit against the Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company in the form of trespass to try title- to certain described lands situated in Stephens county. Plaintiffs alleged: That plaintiffs Will Black, Jack Black, and B. S. Walker owned said land prior to and since August 19, 1916, and that the other plaintiffs had a homestead interest in said land. That the two…
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