Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Wilcoxon

JOHNSON, Chief Justice.

This is an action of trespass to try title to a 17%-acre tract of land out of the T. J. Martin headright survey in Rusk county, filed by appellees as plaintiffs, against appellants as defendants, in the district court of Rusk county. The case was tried to a jury. After the plaintiffs and the defendants respectively had completed the introduction of their evidence, each side moved the court for an instructed verdict in its favor. The court granted the motion of plaintiffs; accordingly judgment was entered in favor of plaintiffs and against defendants for the land.…