Rau v. Christy

WILSON, Justice.

Judgment in this non-jury trespass to try title case was rendered for appellee as plaintiff and cross-defendant.

Appellant Rau was the record owner of an undivided one-half interest in the land in question, the other one-half interest being owned by his kinsmen, the Junemanns. Appellee Christy became a tenant of the land under lease from the Junemanns for the two-year period, 1946 to 1948, according to the unchallenged finding of the trial court. There is nothing in the record to show he was not thereby a tenant also of Rau, who was a tenant in common. In 1948 one of the…