Ray v. Chisum

LINCOLN, Justice.

Appellants filed this suit in trespass to try title to recover 200 acres of the Daniel Minor Survey of land, No. 1045, in Smith County. They claimed as heirs and the only heirs at law of B. B. Ray, deceased, grantee in a deed from H. O. Hynson, dated December 18, 1875, filed and recorded in the deed records of Smith County the same date. The plaintiffs also pleaded title under various statutes of limitation. The appellees, defendants below, filed pleas of not guilty, general denial and the several statutes of limitation. They claimed the land sued for as grantees or heirs of…