Bankston v. Fagan

ALEXANDER, Justice.

On April 18, 1932, J. M. Fagan filed this suit against George E. Bankston and Bowers & Bowers in trespass to try title to recover sixty-two acres of land in Burleson county. The real contest was between Pagan and Bankston. Bowers & Bowers merely held an assignment of an interest in the land from Bankston which was given to them in January, 1932, as an attorney’s fee for defending this suit and removing cloud from the title. At the conclusion of the evidence, the trial court gave an instructed verdict for the plaintiff for title and possession of the land. The defendants…