Strong v. Garrett

This is an action in trespass to try title to 62^ acres of land in the Juan Y’Barbo Grant, in Rusk County. The plaintiffs in the trial court were Jesse Joseph Strong and his sister Alma B. Strong. The defendants were Leuvinia Lewis and husband, Cleveland Lewis, Charlie Garrett and wife, Evie Garrett, and Mrs. Georgia Bateman, and Claud and John Bateman. Charlie Garrett was awarded title to the land on his cross action in the trial court, and that judgment was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. 218 S. W. (2d) 873. The Strongs and the Lewises are the petitioners before this Court.

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