Johnson v. Johnson

DAVIS, Justice.

This is a suit in trespass to try title by Allen Johnson and about 69 others against Elijah Johnson and about 105 others involving 117 acres of land, more or less, in Wood County, Texas. All parties are heirs, or assignees of the heirs, of Robert Johnson, Sr. Trial was to a jury. Judgment was for the defendants and that plaintiffs take nothing upon an instructed verdict as soon as plaintiffs rested.

Defendants’ motion for instructed verdict was based upon: (1) Plaintiffs’ failure to prove record title in themselves by deed or otherwise; (2) the deed offered in evidence from…