Norman v. First Bank & Trust, Bryan

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

Francis B. Slaughter Norman filed this suit against the First Bank and Trust, Bryan, Texas, and against her alleged husband Paul Leslie “Bill” Norman, to enforce her claimed homestead rights in a certain tract of rural land. She appeals from an adverse judgment entered by the court on the verdict of a jury. Affirmed.

On February 21, 1973 Bill Norman executed in favor of the bank a deed of trust on property which included approximately 73 acres in the Mill McDowell League of Grimes County, Texas. He represented to the bank that the 73 acre tract was not a part of his…