Barrera v. Gonzalez

341 S.W.2d 703 (1960)

Cruz G. BARRERA et al., Appellants,

v.

F. C. GONZALEZ, Appellee.

No. 13670.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

December 21, 1960.

Rehearing Denied January 11, 1961.

Gerald Weatherly, Laredo, Arnulfo Guerra, Roma, Werner A. Gohmert, Alice, for appellants.

Pope & Pope, A. J. Vale, Rio Grande City, for appellee.

POPE, Justice.

Whether a deed, absolute on its face, is in fact a mortgage is the subject of this appeal. F. C. Gonzalez, the grantee, sued Cruz Barrera, a widow, and her two minor children as heirs of his grantor, in trespass to try title. He recovered title to two…