Legal Opinion

Estate of McWhorter v. Wooten

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 20, 1979No. 6038PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is a trespass to try title suit, and the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

Appellee Wooten sued in trespass to try title for 165 acres of land in possession of appellants Alice Burke and Lewis Collard pursuant to contracts of sale by the Veterans Land Board. In the alternative appel-lee sought declaratory judgment that an agreed judgment entered in Cause 938 in the District Court of Madison County in July 1940 was of no force and effect and did not divest her of any interest in the 165 acres; pleading under oath: that recitation in such case that she…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Jackson v. HernandezTexas Supreme Court · 1955
  2. Edwards v. GiffordTexas Supreme Court · 1941
  3. Gibbs v. BarkleyTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
  4. Neal v. PickettTexas Commission of Appeals · 1926
  5. Millican v. McNeillTexas Supreme Court · 1908

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Gaynier v. Ginsberg, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1986
  2. First National Bank v. EnriquezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1981
  3. Estate of McWhorter v. WootenTexas Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Farris v. WootenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982
  5. Lewis Wright v. Jean Jones, Individually, and Dorothy Sharkey, as Next Friend and Agent of Jean Marie Wright, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2023

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