Hicks v. Southwestern Settlement & Development Corp.

WALKER, Justice.

Appellants, referred to hereinafter as Plaintiffs, brought this action in Trespass to Try Title against Appellees, referred to hereinafter as Defendants, to recover the title to and the possession of .the Adolpho Sterne League, Abstract No. 32, in Tyler County, and 'to recover substantial damages as well. Defendants disclaimed surface ownership of some 400 acres of the League, and on trial, Plaintiffs disclaimed the same interests which Defendants had disclaimed. At the close of Plaintiffs’ proof, -the trial court instructed a verdict in behalf of Defendants, and Plaintiffs…