Republic Production Co. v. Lee

This was an action in trespass to try title by appellees, Mrs. Georgia Lee et al., against appellants, Republic Production Company et al., to recover the title and possession of the Joseph S. Cochran labor of land in Newton county containing 177 acres, and to recover damages for timber cut and removed from the land by appellants. Appellants answered by pleas of not guilty, etc.

Owning the title to the land, Moses Lee, in 1862, conveyed it to his two sons, J. R. and W. T. Lee. On the 13th of May, 1878, the following deed was executed and delivered to T. J. Windham by "James R. Lee, agent for W.…