Rushing v. Smith

BOYD, Justice.

This suit began in the justice court of Cottle County, Texas. It is a forcible de-tainer action by appellant Adelle Rushing, individually and on behalf of the Faulken-berry Estate and appellant Joe Kent Keith, to recover from appellee Donald Smith possession of a tract of land. From a judgment of the justice court awarding possession to appellants, subject to the rights of appellee to harvest certain wheat and oats, an appeal was taken to the county court of Cottle County. In that court, appellee filed a cross action asking, inter alia, for the value of “certain preparatory work…