National Lumber & Creosoting Co. v. Maris
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Cameron County; John O. Scott, Judge. Trespass to try title by C. H. Maris, trustee in bankruptcy of the Brownsville Lumber & Manufacturing Company, against the National Lumber & Creosoting Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtFly, J.
Defendant in error, as trustee in bankruptcy for the Brownsville Lumber & Manufacturing Company, instituted an action of trespass to try title to an undivided one-half interest in 10 lots in West Brownsville, Cameron county, Tex., and for partition, against the plaintiff in error herein. Defendant in error specially pleaded his title, in which it was alleged that plaintiff in error claimed the land through a deed from C. H. Mason, Jr., who held the same in trust for defendant in error. The cause was tried by jury and resulted in a verdict in favor of defendant in error, the plaintiff in the…
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