Coltharp v. Dickens Nat. Farm Loan Ass'n.

This is a suit in trespass to try title instituted by appellee against appellants to recover a quarter section of land in Dickens county and described in the petition, and by a second count it sought to foreclose certain liens if denied a recovery of the land in fee.

The appellants pleaded not guilty, and certain special matters not necessary to be mentioned here.

Upon the trial the appellee introduced a complete chain of title from the agreed common source down to itself. After both parties had closed in the introduction of evidence, the court directed the jury to find for appellee under the…