Dykes v. O'Connor

HEART, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought by Thomas M. O’Connor and John Linney to recover the possession of a tract of-land containing 130 acres. The original petition was filed on the-. day of October, 1891.

In an amended petition the plaintiffs stated their title substantially as follows: That on the 3d day of July, 1882, defendant Caroline J. Dykes was the wife of T. J. Dykes; that on said date the said T. J. Dykes, as lessee, and J. and E. Driscoll, as lessors, executed a lease for the premises in controversy for the period of five years, whereby said T. J. Dykes acknowledged himself…