Cotten v. Friedman

This is a suit of trespass to try title brought by appellant Mazilda Cotten, joined by her husband, W. F. Cotten, against the appellee, Max Friedman, to recover 100 acres of land, part of the Mary Smith survey in Hardin county. Under instructions from the court the jury returned a verdict in favor of appellee, upon which a judgment in his favor was duly entered, and from this judgment the Cottens have appealed. ■

The land in controversy was acquired by W. F. Cotten by descent and was therefore his separate property. On February 19, 1908, he, to secure a debt owing by him to the appellee,…