Crayton v. Phillips

The case is thus stated by Justice Blair of the Court of Civil Appeals:

“The suit is one in trespass to try title and for partition of certain lands and arose out of the following facts: After the marriage of Mach and Lizzie Crayton they acquired by separate purchases five contiguous tracts of land in Mi-lam county, aggregating 368 acres. They had seven children, Eelix, H. J., S. M., Jerry, and William Crayton, sons, and two daughters who are now Ada Bailey and Jennie Bradford. By a deed, dated October 10, 1890, Mach Crayton conveyed to his son, Éelix, a designated 40 acres out of the 368…