Burgess v. Burgess

TIREY, Justice.

This cause of action is in the nature of a suit in trespass to try title. Plaintiff further pleaded that she and Cortis E. Burgess purchased the property on January 30, 1941, and that prior to the purchase she gave Cortis E. Burgess the sum of $7.95 as her portion of the down payment to be applied on the purchase price of the property pursuant to her agreement with the purchaser that such property was being purchased by her and said Cortis E. Burgess in contemplation of their marriage and as their joint property, each of them to have and hold an undivided one-half interest…