Padgett v. Padgett

309 S.W.2d 262 (1957)

J. D. PADGETT et al., Appellants,

v.

Sidney PADGETT et al., Appellees.

No. 10529.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

December 18, 1957.

Rehearing Denied January 8, 1958.

Arch Dawson, Wichita Falls, John C. Murphree, Iowa Park, for appellants.

Dickey & Dickey, Robert Lee, for appellees.

HUGHES, Justice.

This is a suit in trespass to try title in which the principal question presented is: What effect, if any, is to be given to the judgments in a prior partition suit between the parties or their predecessors in title involving the land in suit?

The property in controversy is an…