Fields v. Rye

PLEASANTS, Associate Justice.

This is an action of trespass to try title brought by appellants to recover title and possession of a tract of 200 acres of land described in plaintiff’s petition. The original petition is in the usual and customary form of a petition in an action of trespass to try title and contains no allegation that any part of the land sued for is the homestead of appellants. This petition was filed on the 5th day of January, 1886, and on the 18th of March, 1889, appellee filed his original answer, which contained a general demurrer, general denial, and plea of not guilty. On…