East Texas Land & Improvement Co. v. Graham

PLEASANTS, Associate Justice.

On August 2, 1869, a judgment was rendered in the County Court of Angelina County, Texas, in favor of Calvin 'Mantooth against W. B. Graham and others for the sum of $367.89. Execution was shortly thereafter issued on the judgment, and the lands described in plaintiffs’ petition levied on, sold, and conveyed by the sheriff as the property of said Graham. The lands by mesne conveyances passed from the vendee at the sheriff’s sale to appellant, East Texas Land and Improvement Company, the company acquiring them for value in 1881. In September, 1896, appellees, John…