City of Houston v. Ritchie

This suit was originally brought by Cora B. Ritchie, plaintiff, against the city of Houston, in form of trespass to try title, claiming a certain tier of lots in said city of Houston, and known as block 2 in Jackson Hill addition to said city. Thereafter plaintiff filed an amended petition in which she pleaded in three counts: First, trespass to try title; second, specially setting out that on or about the 12th day of November, 1912, plaintiff made and entered into a contract with J. B. Chew substantially as follows: Said Chew was then in feeble and delicate health, and was in need of room,…