Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-04-03
CITATION.
The State of Texas.

The State of Texas.
To the Sheriff or any Constable OF
Anderson County, Greeting:
You are hereby commanded to sum
mon Frank Croft, the unknown heirs
of Lucy Ann Odam, deceased, the I'M
known heirs of Poly FUR, deceased
and the unknown heirs of Susan Par
ker, deceased, by making publication
of this citation once in each week for
eight successive weeks previous to
the return day hereof, in some news
paper published in your county, if
there be a newspaper published there
in, but if not, then in any newspaper
published in the Bird Judicial District
but if there be no newspaper publish
ed in said Judicial District, then in a
newspaper published in the nearest
district to said 3rd Judicial District
to appear at the next regular term OF
the district court of Anderson county
to be holden at the court house there
,of IN Palestine. on the 4th Monday in
April, A. D. 1909, the same being the
Goth day of April, A D. 1909, then
and there to answer a petition filed
in said court on the 5th day of March,
a. D. 1909, in a suit, numbered on the
docket of said court No. 1854, where
in Albert Hassell, w. ]. Hassell, Jr.
and R. L. Dean and w. l.. Johnson,
composing the firm of Dean & John
son, are plaintiffs, and w. ]. Hassell, |
ST., Spencer Hassell, John Croft,
Frank Croft, Rebecca Settle, the I'M
unknown heirs of Polly FUR, de
ceased, and the unknown heirs of SUI
san Parker, deceased, are defendants, |
and said petition alleging an action
of trespass to try title, and to re-
move cloud from title on the follow
ing described tracts situated in An
derson county, Texas, the tract first
described being owned by plaintiffs,
as alleged, in the following proper
ton: Albert Hassell, an undivided 1-9
interest, w. J. Hassell an undivided
40 interest, and Dean & Johnson an
undivided one-ninth interest in the
following described tract, to-wit:
Situated in Anderson county, Texas, |
and being $50 acres out of survey
of land patented to John Hassell, as
signee. of Jesse R. Parker. on Sept
9Th, 1857; said 15O acres being all OF
said survey, less 103 acres heretofore
conveyed by R. NJ. Cubley and wife to
G. B. Conoway on June 23rd, 1860, and |
described by metes and bounds in |
deed from T. K. Conoway ct al tC |
Dean & Johnson, on March 1st, 1902. |
and recorded in Vol. rs, page G2, An |
derson county deed records, and less
20 acres out of said survey, the same |
being described in deed from W. J. |
Hassell to Albert Hassell, of date |
Sept. 10Th, 1903, and recorded in Vol |
rs, page 499, Anderson county deed
records; that the plaintiff, Albert Has |
sell, is the owner in fee simple of the |
70 acre tract above referred to, and |
for particular description of which |
reference is made to deed from W. J |
Hassell to Albert HasselI, same being
recorded in Vol. 70, page 499, Ander |
son county deed records Plaintiffs |
alleging that they claim title to said |
lands above mentioned under a deed |
from J. r. Parker, administrator of !
the estate of John Hassell, deceased, |
to w. j. Hassell, said deed being re-
corded in Vol. U, page 270, Anderson |
county deed records, and by mesne |
conveyances from said w. j. Hassell |
to themselves, and that they also
claim title under the, five and ten |
year statute of limitation, which is |
specially plead in said petition. And |
said petition alleging that defendants
claim title by virtue of being heirs of
John Hassell, deceased, and that the
deed from ]. R. Parker administra-
tor of the estate of John Hassell de-
ceased, did not describe the land
sought to be conveyed, and that there
fore said title of land did not pass