POWELL v. JACKSON

No. 6815.

320 S.W.2d 20 (1958)

E. L. POWELL et al., Appellants, v. H. K. JACKSON, Individually and as Independent Executor of the Estate of S. C. Curry, Deceased, and Lucille Curry, a Widow, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Bird, Childress, and Bell & Sowell, Quanah, for appellants.

Lumpkin & Watson, Amarillo, Storey, Storey, Donaghey and Sheridan, Vernon, Rex Sullivan, Jr., Quanah, for appellees.


CHAPMAN, Justice.

Appellants in this Court, plaintiffs below, are the lineal heirs of Eliza Jones Curry. They filed this suit in the court below in the nature of a partition. The claims asserted are by virtue of the Statutes of Descent and Distribution, under a warranty deed dated December 12, 1910, from S. C. Curry to Eliza Curry, his wife, the same person as Eliza Jones Curry.

Appellee, Harvey K. Jackson, is the nephew of S. C. Curry and the sole beneficiary...

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