Newsom v. Newsom

STEAKLEY, Justice.

The Petitioner is Minnie L. Newsom, Plaintiff below, who sued her stepson, C. W. Newsom, Respondent here, for possession of certain land, later described, for rent and, in the alternative, for partition. The trial court rendered judgment for Petitioner for possession but denied her suit for rent. The Court of Civil Appeals held that Petitioner was not entitled to exclusive possession of the land and modified the judgment of the trial court to this extent. C. W. Newsom v. Mrs. Minnie Newsom, Tex.Civ.App., 371 S.W.2d 894.

The principal problem of the case involves the…