Davis v. Laning

MARR, Judge,

Section A.—This action was brought by the plaintiffs in error against the defendant in error to try title to and to recover a certain tract of land in Llano County, Texas. They claim the land as heirs at law of their son, one C. C. Davis, who was duly convicted in the District Court of the above named county, and sentenced to the State penitentiary for the term of his natural life. They contend that this conviction rendered C. C. Davis civiliter mortuus, and cast descent upon his heirs. He is, however, still alive in fact, and undergoing the life sentence in the penitentiary. The…