Hall v. Rawls

Mr. Judge Smedley,

of the Commission of Appeals, delivered the opinion for the Court.

This case, as decided by the Court of Civil Appeals and as presented here, turns upon a question as to burden of proof and the application of Article 2190 of the Revised Civil Statutes of 1925, as amended in 1931 (Arts Regular Session, 42d Legislature, Ch. 78, p. 120), which was in effect when the case was tried.

Mrs. Rawls sued petitioners Wisdom and Hall for the title and possession of a lot numbered 9 in Block 5 of the Edwards Subdivision of the town of Cleveland, alleging specially an oral agreement whereby…