Moore v. Prince

LIGHTFOOT, Chief Justice.

On the 2nd day of May, 1879, J. E. Prince, Sr., filed his petition in the District Court of Ellis County, making Eebecca J. Coleman and her husband, James W. Coleman, Maggie, Mathew J., and William Moore parties defendant. The petition alleges, in substance, that in 1870 plaintiff and one Ed H. Moore, deceased, were the joint owners of lot 5, block 15, Waxahachie; that on the-day of November, 1870, petitioner bought from said Moore his half-interest in said lot for $150; that upon payment of said sum, said Moore vacated and turned said lot over to petitioner, J. E.…