Wilson v. Armstrong

This was a suit in trespass to try title. F. H. Carpenter was the common source of title to the land in controversy. Appellee claimed under a deed executed to him by the sheriff of Hardin county of date August 1, 1913 —

"by virtue of a certain execution issued out of the district court of Hardin county, Tex., in favor of First National Bank of Sour Lake v. F. H. Carpenter, on a certain judgment rendered on the 20th day of April, 1905, and directed and delivered to me, as sheriff of Hardin county, commanding me, of the goods and chattels, lands, and tenements of the said F. H. Carpenter to make…