American National Bank & Trust Co. v. First Wisconsin Mortgage Trust

KEITH, Justice.

Defendant below appeals from an adverse judgment in a slander of title action and we will refer to the parties in accordance with their positions at the trial of the cause. 1 Plaintiff sought to remove a cloud from its title to real property in Harris County and to recover damages from the defendant for slander of title. Defendant filed a cross action against plaintiff and a third party action against Monongahela Realty Partners (hereinafter “Monongahela”).

Based upon jury findings, a judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff removing the cloud from its title, for actual and…