Walkup v. Stone

JOHNSON, Chief Justice.

Appellee, Mrs. Lou Stone, filed this suit against appellants in trespass to try title, seeking to recover 60 acres of land described. Appellee further specially pleaded, in substance, that she was the surviving wife of J. W. Stone, deceased; that appellants were the heirs of J. W. Stone by a former marriage; that the land was purchased by J. W. Stone before his marriage to appellee; but that at the time of his marriage to ap-pellee, three vendor’s lien notes against the land, amounting to approximately one-half the purchase price, were long past due; that J. W. Stone…