Cooper v. Buetow

LONG, Justice.

Appellants instituted this suit in trespass to try title seeking to recover one-half of the royalty in the east one-half of Section 17, Block 27, H. & T. C. Ry. Co. Survey in Flo ward County, Texas. Appellants alleged that the land was originally owned by Walter Bishop who, on July 10, 1925, executed a deed of trust lien on the land in favor of Henry DeVries to secure the payment of a note in the sum of $2,000; that thereafter, Bishop sold the land to Don Means and Carl Bradford, who assumed the payment of the note payable to DeVries. Means and Bradford sold the land to M. G.…