Lewisville State Bank v. Blanton

C. F. Blanton brought this suit to remove the cloud upon his title to an undivided interest in 15.25 acres of land in Dallas County. The defendants were judgment creditors of W. H. Blanton. The abstracts of their judgments were filed and recorded by the Dallas County Clerk between July 1971 and March 1972. The deed from W. H. Blanton to C. F. Blanton, which effectively conveyed W. H. Blanton’s legal interest in the land, was executed on July 8, 1972.

The trial court rendered summary judgment in favor of C. F. Blanton, and the Court of Civil Appeals affirmed. 520 S.W.2d 607.

The basis of the…