Dickerson v. Abernathy

John Dickerson, for himself and as next friend of Jesse Dickerson, a minor, instituted this suit against Abernathy, the administrator of the estate of their father, S. B. Dickerson, to recover one hundred and twenty acres of land, which they alleged they are entitled to as sole heirs of their deceased mother, for this; that after her death their father exchanged for it certain lots in McKinney, which were the community estate of the said S. B. Dickerson and Margaret, their mother.

They allege that, when their mother died, neither she nor their father, S. B., owed any debts; that no…