The trial court’s conclusions of fact and law, adopted by the opinion in this case, are as follows:

“1. The land in controversy is a part of a tract of 160 acres granted by the State of Texas to Archibald Robinson by letters patent, number 43, volume 15, dated August 19, 1856. said Archibald Robinson and Haney Robinson, his wife, by their deed with full covenants of general warranty, dated April 1, 1887, duly acknowledged April 11,1887, and recorded, conveyed said 160 acres of land to Julian Field. It is stated in this deed that the grantors therein had before that time executed, acknowledged, and delivered to the grantee a warranty deed, conveying the same land, and that the former deed had been duly recorded in Tarrant County, and had afterwards been lost or destroyed; and further, that the records of Tarrant County having been destroyed by fire after the record of said deed, the new deed was executed, acknowledged, and delivered as a substitute for the deed that had been lost. Said Julian Field, by his deed containing full covenants of warranty of title, bearing date October 13, 1869, duly acknowledged, and on April 11, 1881, recorded in Tarrant County, conveyed a part of said Archibald Robinson 160 acres tract, including in the lands conveyed the lot in controversy in this suit, to George F. Alford, as administrator of the estate of John E. Cravens, deceased.

“2. John E. Cravens died in the year 1860, and left surviving him his wife, Mary B. Cravens, and two daughters, named Mollie P. or Mary P. Cravens and Earle E. Cravens, and no other children. Mary B. Cravens died in the year 1861, leaving surviving her no husband and no children, except said two daughters, Mollie P. Cravens and Earle E. Cravens. Said Earle E. Cravens died in April, 1879. she had never been married, and left no children. Her next of kin and sole surviving heir was her sister, Mollie P. Cravens.

“3. Mollie P. Cravens married Benjamin F. Fortson, in. Navarro County, Texas, July 1, 1873. Benjamin F. Fortson died in Corsicana, Texas, on January 22, 1883. His wife, Mollie P., survived him, and remained a widow until December 14, 1884, on which day she married H. A. Halbert, whose wife she now is. H. A. Halbert is one of the plaintiffs in this suit, and his wife Mollie P. is the other plaintiff.

“4. During the existence of the marital relation between Benjamin F. and Mollie P. Fortson they executed a power of attorney by which Mrs. Fortson appointed her husband, Benjamin F. Fortson, her attorney in fact, with full power to sell and convey the lands or any part thereof which she had inherited from her father, John B. Cravens. This instrument was signed and acknowledged by both husband and wife, and was duly recorded in Tarrant County, November 3,1879.

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