Laros v. Hartman

This case is a consolidation of two trespass to try title suits, filed originally in a district court of Galveston County, Texas, by the respondents, as plaintiffs. Plaintiffs claimed to be the heirs of one Charles J. H. lilies, deceased, who died intestate in Galveston, Texas, in 1938. Respondents claimed title to the property involved as purchasers from those persons whom the Probate Court of Galveston County had determined to be the sole heirs of Charles J. H. lilies, and to whom the Probate Court had distributed the estate. The lilies estate was duly closed by an order of the Probate…