Broussard v. Tian

TIREY, Justice.

Appellant, plaintiff below, brought this suit against M. J. Tian, her former husband; Milton S. Burney and wife, Ida A. Burney; and Martha Inez James (who is a cross-plaintiff) to recover an undivided one-half interest in 520.5 acres of land in Limestone County, Texas. The trial was to a jury and the parties stipulated substantially as follows: That the Federal Land Bank of Houston, a corporation, is the common source of title; that appellant, on the 3rd of September, 1935, intermarried with appellee, M. J. Tian, and that they were divorced by decree entered in the District…