Culwell v. Shirley

WALTER, Justice.

Minnie P. Crosby, a feme sole, et al. hereinafter referred to as Crosby heirs filed suit against Addie Shirley, a widow, and O. B. Shirley, Administrator with the Will Annexed of the Estate of W. J. Shirley, deceased, hereinafter referred to as Shirleys, for an accounting and to recover one-half of the minerals under the north 80 and all of the minerals under the south 80 of a 160 acre tract of land in Callahan County, Texas. The defendants pleaded the three, five and ten year statutes of limitation. The plaintiffs’ cause of action was predicated on an alleged contract…