Johnson v. Wood

HICKMAN, Commissioner.

In this case defendant in error, R. M. Wood, sued plaintiffs in error, Dutch Johnson and wife, to remove a cloud from his title to Lot 5, Block 52, of the City of Gladewater, and by cross action in the same suit Johnson sued Wood in trespass to try title for the same lot. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of Wood on his action to remove cloud from title and against Johnson on his cross action. The case was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. 137 S.W.2d 202.

The controlling question in the case, as we view it, is whether or not Johnson had such title to the…