Urban v. Crawley

LONG, Justice.

Price Crawley and B. E. Garner sued O. J. Urban and wife to recover possession of apartment 212 in the Gholson Hotel situated *159in the city of Ranger, Texas. The action was in the form of a trespass to try title. Defendants answered by general denial plea of not guilty and alleged that they were occupying the premises under a written lease contract and further, that they had made valuable and permanent improvements thereon which were accepted by the then owners of the hotel and that plaintiffs were estopped from maintaining this suit. The court submitted the case to the jury upon…