Richards v. Cornish

SPEER, Justice.

Rex Cornish sued Bert Richards, in statutory form of Trespass to Try Title, to recover title to and possession of the east SO, feet of lots 1, 2, 3, and the south 15 feet of lot No. 4, in Block No. 5, in Graham, Young County, Texas.

There is no real dispute about the title, but the controversy arose over possession; the parties will be designated as they were in the trial court.

The substance of defendant’s answer is that he was holding, under an oral lease from plaintiff, that part of the premises involved in the suit. At the conclusion of the testimony, upon motion, the court…