Willis v. Hatfield
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Clay County. Tried below before Hon. A. H. Carrigan.
1Opinion of the Court
CONNER, Chief Justice.
As indicated by the original petition, appellee instituted this suit to recover the possession of three hundred, eleven and one-half acres of land situated in Clay County, claiming by virtue of a valid lease from Rains County alleged to be the owner in ■fee simple. Appellant answered claiming the right of possession by virtue of a former lease, and also pleaded in estoppel the judgment of a Justice’s Court in a forcible entry and detainer suit to which it was alleged the plaintiff was a privy and therefore bound. The trial resulted in a judgment in behalf of the…
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