Toler v. King

Appellee, L. W. King, instituted this suit in trespass to try title and for rent against Mrs. Maud Toler and her husband to recover the title and possession of lot No. 7, block No. 1, Bettie J. addition to the city of Beaumont. The defendants answered by general demurrer, general denial, pleas of limitation, homestead, and the statute of frauds. The judgment was in favor of appellee upon an instructed verdict.

The facts are as follows: On the 20th day of June, 1918, appellant Mrs. Maud Toler was the wife of E. A. Le Roy. For some years immediately prior to that date she and her husband…