Norton v. O'Neil

Appellees brought this suit against appellants in trespass to try title to and recover-79.8 acres and 42 acres of land in Uvalde county, Tex., in the name of James O’Neil, deceased. It is alleged that Sapopa Ruiz was the common-law wife of James O’Neil, deceased, and Maria O’Neil was fiheir child. Mrs. Sapopa Ruiz was a married woman, but her husband, Antonio Salazar, Separated from her and went to the Republic of Mexico and never returned to her, and she neither saw nor heard of him again. They married in 1912 and separated within six months. About three years thereafter she entered into…