Hall v. Morton

. BARCOS, J.

Appellant, as the alleged assignee of R. H. Morton & Co., instituted this suit against Ó. A. Morton as administrator of the estate of R. H. Morton, deceased, and the nine children of said R. H. Morton, to recover title and possession of a tract of land 45 x 80 feet on which was located a brick store building in the city of Midlothian.

The record shows that about 1907, R. H. Morton and W. H. Page were engaged in the mercantile business under the firm name of R. H. Morton & Co., and so continued until R. H. Morton died in 1929. In 1912, they purchased the land in controversy, the…