Pinchback v. Hockless

COMBS, Justice.

This is a land suit involving title to 5 acres, part of a 10 acre tract referred to in the evidence as the Bright Tract, out of a 100 acre tract conveyed by G. W. Tevis and wife to Randolph W. Tevis, part of the C. Williams league in Jefferson County. The land is located near the Amelia oil field and appears to have considerable value. Appel-lees, who were plaintiffs in the court below, claim record title to the land sued for and, for reasons which we shall discuss briefly later, we think they established their record title. On the trial, appellants claimed title by the…