Anderson v. Lawson

Alleging that she was the sole heir of her deceased mother, Francis Selvage, and, as such, had inherited "a certain frame building located on land rented from the Texas Pacific Railway Company and located adjacent to the North Half of Lot 1 of the Nickens' Subdivision," and that the defendant had laid claim to this house, Cloteal Anderson filed suit asking for judgment in her favor and against the defendant decreeing her to be the owner of this house and enjoining defendant from interfering with her possession and ownership.

Defendant denied that plaintiff was the owner of the house described,…