Grogan Manufacturing Co. v. Lane

*508Grogan Manufacturing Company sued H. E. Lane to recover the merchantable timber on a certain tract of land. Roscoe Coverson intervened and alleged that he had owned the land upon which the timber was situated, and that he sold the timber to Lane and warranted the title thereto. Lane adopted Coverson's pleadings. Upon the trial Coverson recovered the land ana Lane the timber, and Grogan Manufacturing Company took nothing. Grogan Manufacturing Company attempted to appeal, but made the appeal bond payable to H. E. Lane alone. The Court of Civil Appeals held that the appeal bond was insufficient…