Martin v. Barnum

W. E. Barnum and his children, George, Arthur, Nellie, and Birdie Barnum, the last two by their father as next friend, sued R. M. Martin and J. P. Scott in form of trespass to try title to lot No. 3, in blocir No. 159, of the North Fort Worth addition to the city of Fort Worth. Mrs. Varanda Barnum, the former wife of W. E. Barnum and the mother of the children, intervened. Martin and Scott answered by a plea of not guilty, by a general demurrer and a general denial, and specially pleaded that Martin had purchased the lot from Varanda Barnum in October, 1921, and that she had given a general…