Yoast v. Yoast

649 S.W.2d 289 (1983)

Lovell YOAST et ux., Petitioners,

v.

Clara YOAST et al., Respondents.

No. C-742.

Supreme Court of Texas.

April 6, 1983.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1983.

Arthur Mitchell, Allen McMurrey, Bastrop, for petitioners.

Blundell & Moore, O.T. Moore, Lockhart, Douglass D. Hearne and Richard L. Crozier, Austin, on appeal only, for respondents.

RAY, Justice.

This is a trespass to try title suit. Lovell Yoast and wife sued his mother, Clara Yoast, and his brother, Ernest Yoast, and wife for title to a portion of a 442.94-acre tract of land located in Bastrop County. Lovell claimed title to…