Warren v. Jones

Willie, Chief Justice.

This is an action of trespass to try title, brought by Mrs. Katie B. Warren against the appellees to recover block 333, in the city of Houston. The block in controversy was inherited by Mrs. Warren from her parents, and, after she acquired title thereto, was occupied by her husband and herself as a homestead. This occupancy continued down to August, 1884, when she and her husband left Texas for Massachusetts, where they resided until the latter part of 1885, the date of her husband’s death. Upon leaving Texas, Mrs. Warren, and her husband executed a power of attorney to…