Moran v. Adler

POPE, Justice.

The plaintiffs assert their rights as equitably adopted children to their stepmother’s one-half community interest in two tracts of real estate. The defendant, Lester Adler, asserts his ownership in the land as a bona fide purchaser without notice of plaintiffs’ claim that they are the adopted children of the stepmother. The trial court rendered judgment on a jury verdict for the plaintiffs but the court of civil appeals has reversed the judgment of the trial court and remanded the cause to that court. The court of civil appeals held that the jury findings about equitable…